Arnault and Pinault call a truce – for now
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Arnault and Pinault call a truce – for now

Francois Pinault, chairman of retail group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) and Bernard Arnault, chief executive of luxury products company LVMH-Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton are sparring again.


       

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"I wouldn't say they hate each other but they aren't exactly close," says a French corporate financier. "As far as I know they haven't spoken to each other for more than a year even though they have many friends in common."


Despite different backgrounds - Arnault studied mathematics at the elite Ecole de Polytechnique, Pinault was a school drop-out - they have much in common.


Both worked for their fathers in their 20s, Arnault for Ferret-Savinel, the family-owned construction and real-estate business, Pinault for Bois du Nord, a wood producer. Both have wine interests: Arnault owns Chateau d'Yquem, Pinault owns Chateau Latour. Both have a talent for spotting, and then turning around, loss-making conglomerates.




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