Umphathi we-LVMH uBernard Arnault Dethrones uJeff Bezos njengoMntu oTyebileyo weHlabathi

Okokugqibela, oyena mntu usisityebi emhlabeni akasengomntu ophakathi ophakathi kwezobuchwephesha waseMelika okanye umrhwebi osakhasayo, kodwa ungowase-septuagenarian waseYurophu ovela kwishishini lekhulu leminyaka lokuthengisa iibhegi zabayili kunye neebranti zokunethezeka.

U-Billionaire wase-France u-Bernard Arnault, u-CEO we-fashion conglomerate LVMH, ngoMvulo u-CEO we-Amazon u-Jeff Bezos njengoyena mntu usisityebi emhlabeni emva kwesitokhwe se-LVMH, othengiswa kwi-Euronext Paris, wakhwela kwindawo ephezulu ngaphezulu kweedola ezili-155, etyhala imali ka-Arnault eyi- $ 186.3 billion Ngokutsho kweForbes.

U-Arnault, oneminyaka engama-72 ubudala, ubonile ubutyebi bakhe ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabini kunyaka ophelileyo njengoko intengiso ye-LVMH yelizwe jikelele yanyuka ngaphandle kwesibetho se-COVID-19. Kwikota yokuqala, ingeniso yeqela lemfashini kunye neyunithi yempahla yesikhumba inyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-52 ukusuka kwangelo xesha linye ngo-2020 (ngaphambi kokuba i-COVID-19 ibhengezwe njengobhubhane wehlabathi).

Izabelo ze-LVMH zikhule ngeepesenti ezingama-20 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Indibaniselwano yaseFrance inezindlu ezingaphezu kwe-70 zefashoni, kubandakanya uLouis Vuitton, uFendi, uChristian Dior, uGivenchy nabanye. NgoJanuwari, iqela lagqiba i-16 yezigidigidi zeedola ekufumaneni iTiffany & Co Isithsaba saseMelika ngoku sikhokelwa ngumphathi we-U.S. Ka-Louis Vuitton u-Anthony Ledru. Unyana ka-Arnault, u-Alexandre, naye wanyulwa kwiqela lobunkokheli likaTiffany emva kokudibana. Ukuthatha imali yeyona nto ifunyanwa kakhulu yi-LVMH ukusukela oko yadityaniswa nge-13 yezigidigidi zeerandi kunye nophawu lweChristian Dior kwi2017.

Umntu ocebile kakhulu kwihlabathi wayesetyenziselwa ukuba ngumxholo ozinzileyo ophethwe yindoda efanayo iminyaka. UBill Gates wayeyindoda engaphezulu kwamashumi amabini de iBezos yamgqitha kwi-2017 kwaye yandisa ukukhokela minyaka le. Nangona kunjalo, loo nto yatshintsha kwangoko kwi-2019 emva kokuba umsunguli weAmazon anikezele ngekota yesithsaba somfazi wakhe wangaphambili njengenxalenye yoqhawulo mtshato.

Ukusukela ngoko, ukhuphiswano lube luhlanga olusondeleyo phakathi kwesigidi sezigidi-gidi. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, i-Bezos yaphakanyiswa ngokufutshane yi-CEO ye-Tesla u-Elon Musk emva kokuba isitokhwe sika-Tesla sinyuke ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esibhozo ngo-2020. Okwangoku, i-Arnault ikhokela iBezos ngomda nje omncinci weedola ezingama-300 ezigidi (kwinqanaba lamakhulu ezigidi, kunjalo) . Amanqanaba anokuphinda ashukume kwakhona ukuba isitokhwe seAmazon sibona usuku oluhle okanye i-LVMH ithengisa kancinci kwiindlela zentengiso okanye iindaba ezinxulumene nenkampani.

I-Arnault inayo malunga neepesenti ezingama-46 ze-LVMH, kubandakanya iipesenti ezi-6 ngokuthe ngqo kwiqela kunye nepesenti ezingama-40 ngeChristian Dior, eneepesenti ezingama-41 ze-LVMH (I-Arnault inayo iipesenti ezingama-97.4 zeDior). Ukwanazo neepesenti ezingama-8.6 kwindlu yobunewunewu yaseFrance iHermès kunye neepesenti ezi-1.9 kwivenkile yevenkile yaseFrance iCarrefour Market.