Arnault, Bettencourt, Pinault... France has 52 billionaires in 2025, according to "Forbes"

At the global level, billionaires are more numerous than in 2024 and also richer than ever, starting with Elon Musk, who consolidates his place of world first fortune.

The Forbes France 2025 ranking counts 52 billionaires in the Hexagon, one less than last year. Bernard Arnault retains the national first place with 164 billion euros, despite a sharp drop in his fortune.

The wealth at the top of the pyramid: who dominates the ranking of the billionaires? It still reigns at the top, but for how long? Bernard Arnault, boss of the titan LVMH, remains the richest man in France, with 164 billion euros. Behind him, the heir of L-Oréal, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, retains a second insolent place with 75.4 billion euros, and an apparent calm. They both accumulate 239.4 billion euros – enough to make the Bank of France…

The fortune of several French billionaires, including Breton François Pinault, has evaporated by a few billion, we learn in the ranking of Forbes France published on Wednesday.

France has 52 billionaires in 2025, bosses or heirs, one less than last year. According to the same annual ranking Forbes France published on Wednesday, Bernard Arnault is no longer the man the

Each year, the Forbes ranking of French billionaires paints a fascinating portrait of the economic dynamics in France. In 2025, this panorama reveals significant trends: a change at the top of world wealth, fortunes in decline in luxury, and a breakthrough of new profiles, despite a turbulent international context. Bernard Arnault keeps [...] Source