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PARIS (Reuters) -LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault tightened his family’s grip on the luxury goods empire on Wednesday, putting his daughter Delphine in charge of one of its leading labels, Christian Dior, in a management revamp.
The world’s largest luxury group also replaced long-time Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke with Pietro Beccari, head of Dior since 2018.
“Both are well respected; logical promotions within the group,” said Credit Suisse analyst Natasha Brilliant.
Delphine Arnault, 47, has worked at Louis Vuitton for the past decade alongside Burke and previously spent a dozen years at Dior.
Burke will continue to work with Bernard Arnault, the company said in a statement.
The move follows the recent appointment of Antoine Arnault, Bernard Arnault’s eldest son, to head the family holding company, replacing veteran executive Sidney Toledano.
The tightening of the family’s hold on its empire also comes amid a wave of high-profile successions in other fashion companies in Europe.
Bernard Arnault, 73, has shown no signs he plans to step down soon and the company last year raised the maximum age of its CEO to 80 from 75.
Delphine and Antoine, 45, are children from their father’s first marriage.
Alexandre Arnault, 30, is an executive at Tiffany & Co (NYSE:TIF). while Frederic Arnault, 28, is CEO of TAG Heuer – both LVMH brands. The youngest child, Jean Arnault, 24, heads marketing and product development for Louis Vuitton’s watches division.
As part of the management changes announced on Wednesday, the company is also folding Tiffany into the watches and jewellery division, under management of Stephane Bianchi.
