Meet the Wertheimers, the Billionaire Brothers Behind Chanel

Worth almost US$100 billion between them, the Wertheimer brothers control Chanel, own vineyards and even collected a racing trophy from Queen Elizabeth – but what else do we know about them?

Meet the Wertheimers, the secretive brothers behind Chanel: known as 'fashion's quietest billionaires', French businessmen Alain and Gérard own vineyards, breed racehorses and hired Karl Lagerfeld

Although she was the namesake, Gabrielle. Although she was the namesake, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel only had a ten per cent stake in the company after she used the money of Pierre Wertheimer to get set up.

Karl Lagerfeld? Meet the men behind Chanel's $19billion fortune - Alain and Gerard Wertheimer

Pierre Wertheimer - Wikipedia

Chanel Fortune: Charles Heilbronn Manages Money for Wertheimers - Bloomberg

Alain Wertheimer

Members of the Wertheimer family (owners of Chanel fashion brand) seen at the 91st edition of the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe (now Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) meeting at Longchamp

Family office of Chanel dynasty hires former United Arab Emirates fund boss David Yang

The Future of Chanel

Secretive Brother Runs Side Bets for $58 Billion Chanel Empire - BNN Bloomberg

News industrie : Chanel's main shareholders continue to rake up juicy dividends, while the luxury industry's other great estates declined in 2014, according to Bloomberg. (#571676)

Chanel: the Wertheimer brothers get richer and richer

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Meet the 20 richest billionaires from fashion and beauty globally, VOGUE India

Leena Nair will join the global fashion entity from her executive role at Unilever – the first Asian woman to do so, and the third woman outside of the Chanel's themselves.

Fashion icon Chanel chooses Indian-born Leena Nair as CEO

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Like any high-risk, high-stakes activity, horse racing draws its share of the super-rich, who own stables and breed thoroughbreds in hopes they. Like any high-risk, high-stakes activity, horse racing draws its share of the super-rich, who own stables and breed thoroughbreds in hopes they'll rack up Triple Crown wins.

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