The World Now Has Three People Worth More Than $100 Billion Each
現在世界上有三個資產超過1000億美元的人

來源：彭博社 翻譯：世界播

Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest person, just joined Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion.

歐洲首富伯納德•阿爾諾剛剛加入了傑夫•貝佐斯和比爾•蓋茨的行列，成爲全球最具排他性的“千億美元俱樂部”中的一員。

Arnault, chairman of LVMH, entered the ranks of centibillionaires Tuesday as the luxury-goods maker climbed 2.9% to a record 368.80 euros a share. His net worth has increased almost $32 billion this year, the most on the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

法國酩悅•軒尼詩－路易•威登集團董事長阿爾諾週二躋身億萬富豪榜，這家奢侈品製造商股價上漲2.9%，至創紀錄的每股368.80歐元。今年，他的淨資產增加了近320億美元，在彭博億萬富翁指數500位成員中的增幅最大。

France’s multibillionaires have added the most wealth among European members of Bloomberg’s ranking in 2019, with Arnault, Kering SA’s Francois Pinault and cosmetics heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers tacking on more than $40 billion between them. Meanwhile, the brothers behind the Chanel brand, Gerard and Alain Wertheimer, saw their fortunes soar $9.8 billion this week after the Parisian fragrance and fashion house reported its 2018 results.

在彭博社2019年的富豪榜上，這位法國的億萬富翁是歐洲富豪中財富增長最多的，阿爾諾、開雲集團的弗朗索瓦•皮諾和化妝品帝國繼承人弗朗索瓦絲•貝當古•梅耶爾的身家加起來超過400億美元。與此同時，在巴黎香水、時尚品牌香奈兒發佈2018年業績後，該品牌背後的兩兄弟傑拉德和阿蘭•韋特海默本週的財富飆升了98億美元。

Arnault’s fortune of $100.4 billion now equals more than 3% of France’s economy, underscoring the wealth gap in his native country, where protesters have agitated this year for more benefits paid for by the rich. Even amid growing trade tensions, Chinese consumers’ appetite for Louis Vuitton handbags and Hennessy cognac has bolstered results for LVMH, the owner of Dom Perignon Champagne and Tag Heuer watches. The company’s shares have surged 43% this year, the third-best performer on France’s CAC 40 Index.

阿爾諾的財富爲1,004億美元，目前相當於法國經濟總量的3%以上，這也在側面凸顯了法國的貧富差距。今年，法國的抗議者一直在鼓動政府向富人徵收更多的財富稅。儘管貿易關係日益緊張，但中國消費者對路易威登手袋和軒尼詩干邑的需求仍然提振了LVMH的業績。而LVMH旗下還擁有唐培裏儂香檳和泰格豪雅。該公司股價今年飆升43%，在法國CAC 40指數中排名第三。

Arnault, 70, and his family are among luxury tycoons who pledged more than $650 million in April for the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral after the landmark church was ravaged by fire. He controls about half of Paris-based LVMH and also owns a 97% stake in Christian Dior, the fashion house founded three years before his birth in 1949.

今年70歲的阿爾諾和他的家人都是奢侈品大亨。今年4月，巴黎聖母院發生火災後，阿爾諾和他的家人承諾出資6.5億美元重建巴黎聖母院。他持有總部位於巴黎的LVMH集團約一半的股份，同時還擁有時裝界翹楚迪奧97%的股份，而他則在迪奧創建三年後的1949年纔出生。

Arnault entered the luxury-goods market by acquiring a textile group that owned Christian Dior. He sold all of the company’s other businesses and used the proceeds to buy a controlling stake in LVMH in 1988.

阿爾諾通過收購一家擁有迪奧所有權的紡織集團進入奢侈品市場。他出售了該公司所有其他業務，並在1988年用這些收入購買了LVMH的控股權。

Gates, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder, has donated more than $35 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Amazon.com Inc.’s Bezos, meanwhile, saw his net worth drop $40 billion earlier this year after reaching a divorce settlement with MacKenzie Bezos.

微軟公司聯合創始人蓋茨已經向比爾及梅琳達•蓋茨基金會捐贈了350多億美元。與此同時，亞馬遜公司的貝佐斯在與麥肯齊•貝索斯達成離婚協議後，今年早些時候的淨資產減少了400億美元。