Bernard Arnault, the richest man in Europe ...

(Boursier.com) - The Mexican Carlos Slim, head of $ 74 billion, is the second consecutive year the head of the annual ranking of the largest fortunes in the U.S. magazine Forbes. It precedes Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and his $ 56 billion, and the investor Warren Buffett, and its 50 billion ...
Bernard Arnault, the LVMH boss, took the fourth place, posting $ 41 billion at the counter, which also makes him the happiest man in Europe. Forbes said that his fortune has almost doubled in recent years, relying on products such as champagne Dom Perignon, the montresTag Heuer and Louis Vuitton accessories are very popular in Asian markets in particular.
Other French are part of Forbes. Liliane Bettencourt, heir to the L'Oréal group, ranked fifteenth, with $ 23.5 billion. François Pinault, the former chairman of PPR, is the 67th place, with 11.5 billion, and Serge Dassault was 96th, with 9.3 billion.
Followed by discrete heirs of Chanel, Alain and Gérad Wertheimer (162nd place, 6 billion), Jean-Claude Decaux with his band communication (162nd place, 6 billion), and Alain Merieux, group bioMérieux (247th, $ 4.3 billion) ... Other French billionaires are Xavier Niel, Olivier and Martin Bouygues, Pierre Bellon, Philippe Foriel-Destezet, Vincent Bollore, Reinold Geiger and finally Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere.