There are 12 more billionaires in France this year than last year, and now there are 67 in total.
The wealth of French millionaires increased by 15 percent this year and exceeded the amount of 400 billion euros. Among the 500 richest Frenchmen, 67 are billionaires.
In this year's list, published by the weekly Challange every year, the richest man in France is Bernard Arnault, the majority owner of the fashion corporation LVMH (Moet Ennis - Louis Vuitton), which also includes numerous other well-known brands, such as "vev clico" champagne. , perfumes "Christian Dior", "Zivan Shi", "Henzo". Arno is estimated to have 27 billion euros, 2,7 billion more than last year.
In second place is the majority owner of the cosmetics company Loreal, Lilijana Betancourt, whose wealth in 2013 was 23,2 billion, and this year it was increased to 26 billion.
The third position is occupied by Gerard Mijije, head of the trade empire "Ošan", who this year increased his wealth by one billion euros to 20 billion euros. In terms of the number of billionaires, France lags behind Great Britain, which had a total of 100 this year.
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