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Nov 4, 2018 · PARIS – Alain Chevalier, co-founder of French luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has died at the age of 87. Chevalier passed away on Thursday at his home in Megève, according...
Nov 5, 2018 · On Sunday, the French President’s office announced the death of Alain Chevalier, 87, one of the two founders of the world’s number one luxury group, LVMH. Chevalier was a major industrialist who turned a champagne producer, in association with the Louis Vuitton group, into a leading international luxury group.
Nov 5, 2018 · Alain Chevalier, one of the founders of French luxury giant LVMH, passed away at his home in Megève, France, on Thursday, aged 87. The news was reported by French newspaper le Figaro.
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He worked with Alain Chevalier, CEO of Moët Hennessy, and Henry Racamier, president of Louis Vuitton, to form LVMH. Their successful integration of various famous aspirational brands into a single group inspired other luxury companies to do the same.
- 3 June 1987; 36 years ago
- €79.2 billion (2022)
- 196,006 (2022)
- Luxury goods
Between 1987 and 1990 he and Alain Chevalier, the other co-founder of the luxury group conducted an open war against Bernard Arnault who was taking over power; Arnault was successful and ejected Racamier from the company board by 1990.
- Henri Serge Racamier, June 12, 1912, Pont-de-Roide, France
- Industrialist, businessman
- April 1, 2003 (aged 90), Italy
- 1936-1990
Dec 17, 1989 · Racamier's first rival was Alain Chevalier, the Moet-Hennessy president who engineered the 1987 merger with the smaller Louis Vuitton - including its leather goods, Veuve Clicquot Champagne and...
Nov 5, 2018 · November 5, 2018. Meeran Mekkaoui. The fashion industry is mourning a huge loss as the much-loved Co-Founder of LVMH passes away... Sadly, news has emerged overnight that Alain Chevalier passed away at his home last Thursday, at the age of 87. In 1987, the Algerian-born businessman took on the role of CEO at Moët Hennessy.
