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Louis Vuitton boss Bernard Arnault becomes richest man in the world worth a mega $211BN
Frenchman Bernard Arnault has dethroned former number one on Forbes' richest billionaires list, Elon Musk. Musk, 51, is now just the second richest billionaire in the world, falling to Arnault, 74 the chairman of French luxury goods giant LVMH — which owns brands like Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Tiffany & Co. The two had been trading places on the outlet's daily Real-Time Billionaires list over the past few months, but Arnault superseded the Tesla billionaire after his net worth grew more than $50billion to $211billion. The number of billionaires in the world has dropped to 2,640 this year, but the ... (full story)