LVMH - How Bernard Arnault Built the Luxury Empire

Name: LVMH - How Bernard Arnault Built the Luxury Empire
Uploaded: 2023-03-19
Description: Acquired's four-hour teardown of how a $15M investment in a bankrupt textile company became the world's largest personal fortune. Nazi spies, Italian family murders, Rihanna becoming a billionaire, Jay-Z champagne feuds - and a business model so elegant you'll want to steal it.

Acquired's four-hour teardown of how a $15M investment in a bankrupt textile company became the world's largest personal fortune. Nazi spies, Italian family murders, Rihanna becoming a billionaire, Jay-Z champagne feuds - and a business model so elegant you'll want to steal it.

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