Frédéric Arnault

Spear’s Review

LVMH heir Frédéric Arnault took the reins of the French luxury goods group‘s Italian ‘quiet luxury’ label Loro Piana as chief executive in June 2025. The 29-year-old earlier served as CEO of LVMH-owned watch brand Tag Heuer.

All of Arnault’s siblings also hold management positions across LVMH, and the question on every­one’s lips is who will succeed their father, Bernard, 76, when he decides to step down as CEO.

Frédéric joined the family firm in 2017 after an internship with Facebook. He took over as chief ex­ecutive of Tag Heuer three years later and in 2024 was appointed to a newly created role as CEO of LVMH Watches and to the LVMH board alongside his older brother Alexandre.

All five of Bernard’s children have equal stakes in LVMH through their family holdings. Delphine is CEO at Maison Christian Dior Couture, and Antoine is CEO at Christian Dior SE, the company that holds around 41 per cent of LVMH and through which the family controls the group. Jean, the youngest, is yet to be appointed to the company’s board.

Is Frédéric’s move to head the Italian cashmere label setting him up to head the LVMH group?

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