Arnaud Antoine is a businessman (photo below) from France. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Loro Piana. Head of Berluti. This article will present a brief biography of the entrepreneur.
Relocation to the USA
Antoine Arnault was born in the commune of Roubaix (France) in 1977. When he was still young, the whole family had to leave their homeland and live four years in America. In the early 1980s, Francois Mitterrand became president , who decided to carry out anti-capitalist modernization by nationalizing large companies and banks. Thus, he completely spoiled the atmosphere for business. Then the father of Antoine - Bernard Arnault moved with his family to a suburb of New York. The hero of this article went to a Franco-American school. The future businessman Antoine Arnault became a real star there. The boy did not part with the bike, engaged in swimming and played football. And after six months of study, he was already fluent in English. In the future, Antoine admits in an interview that life in the United States was an ideal childhood for him.
First work
Soon the Arnault family returned to France. Antoine was barely nine years old. At the same time, the French government put up for sale the bankrupt Agash-Willot holding. Bernard Arnault decided to purchase it. Bonus to the deal was a dusty Christian Dior fashion house. Thus began the history of the great empire of LVMH.
Future businessman Antoine Arnault got a job in his father's company. The young man worked at the Louis Vuitton store in Paris. When it came time to get an education, Antoine decided to choose a college in Montreal, where he began to master business management. Arno was an outsider in an unfamiliar country. This helped the young man to concentrate on his studies. After graduating from college, he returned to France and founded the Internet company Domaine with his friends. After the sale of the company, Bernard offered his 25-year-old son to head the marketing department at Louis Vuitton.
Career
Businessman Antoine Arnaud since childhood was interested in advertising and understood it perfectly. Bernard knew about this quality of his son and instructed him to work on establishing communication between the creative director of “Louis Vuitton” Mark Jacobs and the audience of the brand. Six years later, Antoine has grown to a place on the company's board of directors. Arnaud Jr.'s promotions were incredibly successful. Particularly admired the world of fashion, his collaboration with Annie Leibovitz. The photographer took pictures of several international celebrities (Muhammad Ali, Angelina Jolie, Mikhail Gorbachev, Keith Richards) with Louis Vuitton bags.
New brand
Soon, the French businessman Antoine Arnault became interested in Berluti. He turned to Pietro Beccari (vice president of marketing "Louis Vuitton"), with whom he developed a detailed plan of action. To begin with, Antoine brought in designer Alessandro Sartori, who worked as creative director at Z-Zenier. Together with the Italian, Arno came up with a new Berluti philosophy, focusing solely on quality and craftsmanship. This is how Antoine himself characterizes the company's client: “This is an eclectic man who combines the Italian spirit and French style. He does not sit imprisoned in the office, but travels a lot. This is a modern person, versed in everything: from wine to art. ”
Future plans
A privileged name is what Arno Antoine inherited. The businessman, whose biography is presented above, considers this an incredible responsibility. And the only way to not discredit a surname is hard work. The entrepreneur has many other hobbies, but he connects his own future exclusively with the empire built by his father.
Personal life
In the summer of 2011, businessman Antoine Arnault met a philanthropist, top model and simply beautiful Natalia Vodianova. The girl just divorced Justin Portman, with whom she lived for ten years, having given birth to three children from him. But this did not stop Antoine. He became for Vodianova inspiration, support and salvation. Even being in a relationship with a businessman, Natalia felt independent.
Now the couple has two sons: Maxim (2014) and Roman (2016). Natalia and Antoine are still living in a civil marriage. In an interview, Vodianova said that because of high employment, they simply can not play a wedding. Antoine spends a lot of time on business, and Natalya on organizing charity auctions and balls. But the former model is sure that sooner or later they will get married anyway.