Pinault is known for his luxury empire and lengthy legal battle with rival LVMH’s CEO Bernard Arnault, but way before Kering existed, he brought food to Allied soldiers during the Nazi ...

the middle child of François Pinault, who was then the CEO of a timber trading firm. Source: Business of Fashion, Le Monde, Insider The younger Pinault attended HEC Paris, a prestigious business ...

But his classmates bullied him over his rural accent and so he dropped out at 16 to start his first job at his father's lumber business ... Francois Pinault, a timber trading firm.

Fast forward a few years, and the family’s timber business was blooming. By the time François Henri was 16 years old, the company was named Pinault S.A. and listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

Five years after I first asked him, elusive billionaire art collector François Pinault has agreed to ... for the success of his initial business, in the timber industry. Then in 1980, in London ...

The cruise world's new richest person is Francois Pinault. Bloomberg News reports ... Other billionaires with big stakes in the cruise business include the many members of the Pritzker family ...

The French billionaire has joined forces with other wealthy figures to raise funds to restore the cathedral to its former glory following a devastating fire on Monday night François Pinault's ...

Pinault grew up in the rural French countryside, beginning his career working for his family's timber business ... along with Francois-Henri's son from a previous marriage, also named François ...

Pinault first made his fortune as a timber merchant. His son Francois-Henri Pinault ... Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals ...

Over the years, Pinault's successful career has included many calculated business moves and key partnerships. However, some of his most important decisions were made early on in France ...