Bernard Arnault, whose perch at the head of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH has made him the world’s richest non-American, just dropped an absurd new term for layoffs in the tech industry. While discussing layoffs at subsidiary Tiffany & Co.

He’s someone Trump really looks up to and wants to make happy,” a source said of LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, the wealthiest man in France.

“The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump proclaimed. For his billionaire backers, it has already begun.

The LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton titan had prime seating near former Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama.

LVMH chief Bernard Arnault and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani—the world’s fifth- and eighteenth-wealthiest people—attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration events Monday, marking a pair of surprise billionaire appearances at the event attended by a cadre of moguls worth well over $1 trillion.

Luxury giant LVMH is "seriously considering" bulking up its production capacities in the United States, CEO Bernard Arnault said on Tuesday, praising a "wind of optimism" in the country that contrasted with the "cold shower" of potentially higher corporate taxes in France.

Bernard Arnault has gained more wealth in 2025 than anyone else, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The LVMH CEO is now the world's fourth richest person after gaining $15 billion on Thursday.

From the color of their neckties to the fit of their suits, male politicians can be intentional with their choices.

Mr Trump is more transactional than presidents before him, which increases the risk of cronyism and self-dealing. But America’s economy, including its technology industry, is too unwieldy and dynamic to petrify into an actual oligarchy, whatever diplomats and departing presidents say. ■

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