Early April Forbes announced the list of the richest people on the planet by 2023, put up Bernard Arnault. This is the French businessman who has run for three decades one of the most profitable companies in the fashion industry, Louis Vuitton Group (LVMH).
The 74-year-old is known as “the king of luxury» because it manages Top 70 brands among which Christian Dior, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Sephora, Tiffany’s, and so on.
His luck today estimated at 211 billion dollars and has surpassed Tesla’s hero, Elon Muskwith him Jeff Bezos of Amazon.
Frenchman Bernard Arnault, the richest man in the world as of May 2023, and his empire. Loans @Forbespic.twitter.com/xjyYVi2OsT
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Yes, in the last 12 months “increased” his wealth by 53 billion dollars and it was the largest increase on record specific time among the richest people in the world.
With this bag you can’t choose to keep it in your garage vehicles aimed at … ordinary humans. Except you Elon Musk and you… forced travel with your company cars. Let’s go and see five different supercars owned by Bernard Arnault in his collection.
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
It was introduced in 2009 and was produced in 75 copies in honor of Stirling Moss and the car that a famous British racing driver won the 1,000-mile race in 1955. According to Mercedes SLR McLaren but it bears little resemblance to the German supercar, as it admits special speedster architecture. Under the hood is a turbocharger 5.5 liter V8, thanks to which the acceleration process from standstill is completed in 3.5 sec. and maximum speed reaches 354 km / h. Price now at auctions it can start from 1.5 million euros (if he suffers) and overcome them 3.5 million euros.
Bugatti EB110 Super Sport
We met him in 1992 Geneva Motor Show and it was a strong version of it Original GT. Generally GT 130 pieces were sold with the Super Sport becoming increasingly rare after it arrived in the hands of only 30 owners. Its power is preceded by a 3.5-liter V12 engine, with 4 turbos and a power of 610 hp which goes to all four wheels through a 6-speed manual gearbox. Somehow the first ones 100 kilometers per hour from standstill comes in 3.3 seconds as the maximum speed is reached 354 km / h. As for its value, it is currently estimated to be close to 2,900,000 euros.
Ferrari 599XX
The Italians started the world of cars with Ferrari 599XX at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show and it was basically an extreme, pistadoric version of 599 simple. What made him stand out was that he had copy-pasted some important elements of an Italian Formula 1 car, and the gearbox is mounted on top almost identical and changes to be found in less than 60msec. In his “heart” is one 6.0 lt V12 which produces 730 PS at 9,000 rpm and 0-100 km/h comes at 3.2 sec and the last touch 350 km / h! Today its value is estimated 1,300,000 euros.
Rolls–Royce Spirit
In 2020, after two years of development and more than 10,000 hours of work, Rolls-Royce introduced the Spirit which makes him the definition of luxuryand the manufacturer has chosen more premium equipment every centimeter of it. As for the engine, the Spirit is equipped V12 total 6.8 liters. Its power is equal to 571 PS and torque at 850 Nmnumbers that ensure an impressive acceleration from a standstill in the first 100 km / h, in just 4.5 seconds. All this power is transferred to all four wheels, through one 8-speed automatic transmission. Its intrinsic value set at 275,000 eurosexcluding tax and anything else the prospective buyer may ask for.
Aston Martin One-77
Of course it is one of the rare cars ever built by Aston Martin with difficulty 77 copies from off the production line. The official revelation has been made in April 2009 in Lake Como in Italy, as part of the Concorso d’Eleganza Ville d’Este. When it was introduced it was The fastest Aston Martin in history and his strength came from one beast V12 of 7.3 lt who increased the speed of the car from standstill to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds as the maximum speed is reached 350 km / h. Today its value is estimated around 1,600,000 euros.