
President Donald J. Trump visits and speaks with workers, as he is joined by Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy; Carlos Sousa the general manager of Louis Vuitton Manufacturing USA, and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, during a tour Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the Louis Vuitton Workshop- Rochambeau in Alvarado, Texas. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
The Arnault family, owners of the controlling interest in the LVMH global luxury empire, joined the attendees of President Donald Trump’s inauguration yesterday. The Wall Street Journal’s Style section reports:
Notably, LVMH’s ruling family, the Arnaults, attended today’s inauguration festivities, with patriarch and one of the world’s richest men Bernard sitting alongside his wife Helene, son Alexandre and daughter Delphine, who is the chief executive of Christian Dior. Bernard and Alexandre wore dark suits (they typically wear Dior), and Helene and Delphine wore subdued black and white.
The Arnaults have had a long association with Donald Trump. In 2019, Trump attended Bernard Arnault’s opening of an LVMH leather workshop in Alvarado, Texas, as part of the president’s job creation initiative.
While it remains to be seen how publicly Dior and the other LVMH brands will embrace the new administration, signs point to a cordial working relationship between the Trump and Arnault dynasties.
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