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List of French billionaires by net worth

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The following is a Forbes list of French billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2019,[1] according to Forbes' list of billionaires.


2019 Forbes List

Ranking in France Name Age Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth
1 Bernard Arnault 70 76.0 billion LVMH
2 Françoise Bettencourt Meyers 66 49.3 billion L'Oréal
3 François Pinault 82 29.7 billion Artemis SA
4 Alain Wertheimer 70 14.6 billion Chanel
4 Gérard Wertheimer 68 14.6 billion Chanel
6 Emmanuel Besnier 48 14.3 billion  Lactalis
7 Rodolphe Saadé 49 10.5 billion CMA CGM
8 Patrick Drahi 55 7.7 billion  Altice
9 Laurent Dassault 66 6.0 billion  Dassault Group
9 Olivier Dassault 68 6.0 billion Dassault Group
9 Thierry Dassault 62 6.0 billion Dassault Group
9 Marie-Hélène Habert 54 6.0 billion Dassault Group
13 Carrie Perrodo 68 5.7 billion  Perenco
14 Pierre Bellon 89 5.4 billion  Sodexo
15 Vincent Bolloré 67 5.1 billion  Groupe Bolloré
16 Jean-Michel Besnier 52 5.0 billion  Lactalis
16 Marie Besnier Beauvalot 38 5.0 billion  Lactalis
16 Alain Mérieux 81 5.0 billion  Institut Merieux
19 Michel Leclercq 80 4.8 billion  Decathlon Group
20 Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière 78 4.2 billion  Finance
21 Xavier Niel 51 4.1 billion  Iliad SA
22 Martin and Olivier Bouygues - 3.7 billion  Bouygues
23 Nicolas Puech 76 3.3 billion  Hermès
24 Jean Pierre Cayard 76 3.2 billion  La Martiniquaise
25 Anne Beaufour 55 2.9 billion  Ipsen
25 Henri Beaufour 54 2.9 billion  Ipsen
27 Mohed Altrad 71 2.7 billion  Scaffolding, Cement mixers
28 Charles Edelstenne 81 2.6 billion  Dassault Systèmes
29 Philippe Foriel-Destezet 83 2.5 billion  The Adecco Group
30 Philippe Ginestet 65 2.4 billion GiFi
30 Louis Le Duff 72 2.4 billion  Brioche Dorée and Groupe Le Duff
32 Bernard Fraisse 62 2.1 billion Fareva
32 Christian Latouche 79 2.1 billion Fiducial SA
34 Alain Taravella 71 1.9 billion  Altarea SCA
35 Michel Chalhoub 87 1.7 billion  Chalhoub Group
35 Dominique Desseigne 74 1.7 billion  Groupe Lucien Barrière
37 Gilles Martin 55 1.6 billion  Eurofins Scientific
38 Édouard Carmignac 71 1.4 billion  Carmignac
38 Norbert Dentressangle 65 1.4 billion  Norbert Dentressangle
40 Clément Fayat 87 1.3 billion  Fayat group
41 Francis Holder 78 1.1 billion  Groupe Holder

2016 Forbes List

Ranking in France Name and birth year Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth
1 Bernard Arnault (born 1949) 100.4 billion LVMH
2 Liliane Bettencourt (1922-2017) 36.1 billion L'Oréal
3 Serge Dassault (1925-2018) 14.7 billion Dassault
4 François Pinault (born 1936) 11.5 billion Kering
5 Alain Wertheimer (born 1948) 11 billion Chanel
6 Gérard Wertheimer (born 1951) 11 billion  Chanel
7 Xavier Niel (born 1967) 8.6 billion  Iliad
8 Emmanuel Besnier (born 1970) 7.6 billion  Food processing
9 Jean-Claude Decaux (1937-2016) 6.5 billion  Advertising
10 Patrick Drahi (born 1963) 5.9 billion  Telecommunication
11 Vincent Bolloré 5.3 billion  Investments
12 Pierre Bellon 4.4 billion  Food services
13 Carrie Perrodo 4.2 billion  Oil
14 Martin and Olivier Bouygues 3.6 billion  Construction, media
15 Michel Leclercq 3.4 billion  Sporting goods
16 Alain Mérieux 3.3 billion Pharmaceuticals
17 Bernard Fraisse 3 billion Pharmaceuticals
18 Jean-Michel Besnier 2.7 billion  Food processing
19 Marie Besnier Beauvalot 2.7 billion  Food processing
20 Jean Pierre Cayard 2.7 billion  Spirits
21 Philippe Foriel-Destezet 2.5 billion  Employment agency
22 Louis Le Duff 2.5 billion  Bakeries
23 Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière 2.4 billion  Finance
24 Nicolas Puech 2.1 billion  Hermès
25 Clément Fayat 1.8 billion  Construction
26 Michel Chalhoub 1.7 billion  Retail
27 Jacques Saadé 1.7 billion  Shipping
28 Édouard Carmignac 1.5 billion  Asset management
29 Gilles Martin 1.5 billion  Laboratory services
30 Alain Taravella 1.4 billion  Real estate
31 Anne Beaufour 1.3 billion  Pharmaceuticals
32 Henri Beaufour 1.3 billion  Pharmaceuticals
33 Jean Burelle 1.2 billion  Automotive systems
34 Laurent Burelle 1.2 billion  Automotive systems
35 Charles Edelstenne 1.2 billion  Aviation
36 Pierre Papillaud 1.2 billion  Water
37 Daniel Roullier 1.2 billion  Animal feed
38 Norbert Dentressangle 1.1 billion  Transport/Logistics
39 Mohed Altrad 1 billion  Scaffolding, Cement mixers

Challenges Les 500 Fortunes of 2016

The top ten richest French people according to Challenges are listed below[2]

# Name Net worth Sources of wealth
1 Bernard Arnault & family €34.66 billion  LVMH
2 Liliane Bettencourt & family €30.90 billion  L'Oréal
3 Axel Dumas & Hermes family €24.10 billion  Hermès
4 Gérard Mulliez & family €23.00 billion  Auchan
5 Serge Dassault & family €17.50 billion  Dassault
6 Patrick Drahi €16.70 billion  Altice
7 Alain & Gérard Wertheimer & family €16.50 billion  Chanel
8 François Pinault & family €12.70 billion  Kering
9 Vincent Bolloré €11.14 billion  Bolloré
10 Xavier Niel €7.83 billion  Iliad

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World's Billionaires".
  2. ^ "Les 500 plus grandes fortunes francaises par challenges.fr".

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