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- Johann Rupert. Claim to fame: Richemont. Net worth: $4.75 billion. The South-African multi-billionaire is the chairman of the Richemont group that owns some of the world’s most admired luxury watch brands including Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Söhne, Panerai, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Cartier.
- Hayek family. Claim to fame: Swatch Group. Net worth: $4.25 billion. Nick Hayek Sr., a Lebanese immigrant to Switzerland, was tasked by a group of Swiss bankers to supervise the liquidation of two watch conglomerates, ASUAG and SSIH that were badly hit by the quartz crisis of the Eighties.
- Stern family. Claim to fame: Patek Philippe. Net worth: $3.25 billion. If the triumvirate of Swiss watchmaking industry comprises of Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet, then think of Patek Philippe as the head of the family.
- Bucherer family. Claim to fame: Carl F. Bucherer. Net worth: 1.75 billion. Bucherer started out as a watch retailer for a number of Swiss brands (something it still does until today) before branching out to manufacture its own line of watches.
- The Arnault Family. Company: LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Net Worth: CHF 150 billion. Total Market Share: 6.3 percent. Brands: TAG Heuer, Hublot, Bulgari, Zenith, Louis Vuitton Horlogerie, Dior, Chaumet and Tiffany & Co.
- The Hermès family. Company: Group H51. Net Worth: CHF 125B. Total Market Share: 2% Brand: Hermès. The epitome of a luxury brand, the maison Hermès had decided about a decade ago to also become a serious player in the field of watchmaking.
- The Wertheimer family. Company: Chanel Limited. Net Worth: CHF 90 billion. Total Market Share: 1 percent. Brand: Chanel. Very few luxury brands are based on such strong fundamentals as comparable with Chanel, which is best known for its fashion and bags, but yet has also successfully managed to diversify with other product categories such as watches.
- The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation. Net Worth: CHF 70 to 80 billion. Total Market Share: 31 percent. Brand: Rolex, Tudor, Carl F. Bucherer, Bucherer Group. Regardless of its ranking on this index, there is one clear unassailable and irrefutable truth: Rolex is the King of Watches.
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Jul 20, 2017 · Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. [1] [2] He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955.
2 days ago · “The ultra-rich today are being measured by new standards, with some financial commentators now suggesting $100mn is the new yardstick for anyone who wants to keep their head held high at ...
Claude Dauphin (10 June 1951 – 30 September 2015) was a French billionaire businessman and executive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV, a company specialising in commodity trading (oil, metals, ores). He was a founding partner of Trafigura and its CEO for a time. [1] In March 2013, his net wealth was estimated at $1 billion by Forbes. [2]
Jul 21, 2017 · French actor Claude Rich died on Friday at 88 after a long illness, his daughter Delphine Rich said.
