A Historic Lunch: Bernard Arnault, Elon Musk, and the Future of Innovation

2023-06-17 19:48:47

The photo will go around the world when it was only a family lunch preceded by a small drink on the terrace of the Cheval Blanc hotel, located in the heart of Paris. Bernard Arnault, accompanied by two of his sons – Antoine, managing director of Berluti and president of Loro Piana, and Alexandre, executive director of Tiffany & Co. – received Elon Musk and his mother, Maye.

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While chef Arnaud Donckele, crowned with three Michelin macaroons, served his illustrious guests, they chatted regarding artificial intelligence, Twitter, international politics, the looming American elections and the conquest of space…

Coming to Paris to participate in the VivaTech forum, where he was interviewed by Antoine Arnault and Maurice Lévy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis and inventor of the event, Elon Musk also extended his French tour with an interview with President Emmanuel Macron. The installation of a gigafactory of batteries is the subject of intense negotiations. Several thousand jobs are at stake…

Bernard Arnault and his sons, Alexandre and Antoine Arnault, alongside Elon Musk and his mother, Maye.

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This lunch “at the top” – the Plénitude restaurant is located on the first floor of the former Samaritaine – brings together the leaders of two of the most valuable groups in the world: the capitalization of LVMH exceeds 430 billion euros this week while that of the car manufacturer Tesla is above 730 billion.

Notable difference, Tesla is only 19 years old; while Vuitton was founded in 1854, Tiffany in 1837, and Clos des Lambrays, another pearl of the Arnault empire, is celebrating its 650th anniversary. Value is not always a question of years…

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