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Delphine Caroline Marie Arnault (French: [dɛlfin aʁno]; born 4 April 1975) is a French businesswoman who is the daughter of Bernard Arnault and sister of Antoine Arnault. She is a director of LVMH and has been Executive Vice President of Louis Vuitton since 2013. She became the chairperson and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture in February 2023.

Early life

She is the elder child of Bernard Arnault from his first wife, Anne Dewavrin. She has a younger brother, Antoine Arnault, as well as three half-brothers from her father's second marriage.

Between the ages of seven and ten, she and her family lived in New Rochelle, New York, where she and her brother attended a French-American school. She later earned degrees from the London School of Economics and EDHEC Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord).

In 1994, she was presented as a debutante at Le Bal des débutantes in Paris.

Career

Arnault began her career working at McKinsey & Company for two years. She joined LVMH in 2000, initially working with Dior creative director John Galliano's own label.

Since 2003, Arnault has been a member of the management board of the LVMH group, the first woman and youngest person to occupy that post. She is also a member of the board of directors for Moët Hennessy and M6, as well as a managing partner of a wealth management company.

In 2008, Arnault was named deputy chief of the designer Christian Dior Couture, which she quit in 2013 to join Louis Vuitton as a director and executive vice president.

In May 2014, Arnault started the LVMH Prize, an international competition for young fashion designers. The objective of the LVMH group is to discover the talents and creativity of new designers – "It is necessary to recognize the talent and creativity, as well as the ways in which we can best help the growth of their business", she confirmed.

In January 2023, Arnault was appointed as CEO of Christian Dior Couture, effective in February. She was ranked 45th on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023.

Other directorships

• Gagosian Gallery, member of the board of directors (since 2021)
• 20th Century Fox, member of the board of directors (since 2013)
• Céline, member of the board of directors (since 2011)
• Pucci, member of the board of directors (since 2007)
• Loewe, member of the board of directors (since 2002)
• Ferrari, member of the board of directors
• Havas, member of the board of directors (2013–2019)

Recognition

On 1 December 2022, Arnault was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by American president Joe Biden in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron at the White House.

Personal life

Arnault married Alessandro Vallarino Gancia, heir to the Italian winemaker Gancia, on 24 September 2005. They divorced in 2010.

Arnault has 4 children – 2 daughters born 2010 and 2012, and 2 sons born 2013 and 2017. Her 2 children with French businessman Xavier Niel, she has briefly mentioned in an interview with Vogue, are named Elise and Joseph.

References

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18. Un prix pour se mettre au travail, Le Monde, 9 June 2014.
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21. Daniel Cassady (16 November 2022), Gagosian Forms Star-Studded Board of Directors, Offering a Glimpse at the Gallery's Future ARTnews.
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