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Billionaires Index - French Businessman Bernard Arnault has joined Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, and Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, on the podium of men whose wealth exceeds 100 billion dollars (89 billion euros), according to the Billionaires Index published by the Bloomberg financial news agency on Tuesday, June 18.

Bernard Arnault  entered the small club, on Tuesday, June 18, at the close of trading on the Paris Stock Exchange during which the action of luxury group LVMH, of which he is the CEO, had gained 2.9%, reaching the record level of 368.80 euros.

 

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