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May 05, 2023
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Here’s what we have for you today:

• Unrivaled fashion magnate

• Fizzing sugar water

• Alphabet CEO’s pay

World’s richest man Bernard Arnault

The history: In the late 1980s, Bernard spent $2.6 billion buying up shares in order to become the company's largest shareholder, and eventually its chairman and CEO, by 1989.

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