30 François Pinault & family
François Pinault is a French billionaire businessman, the majority shareholder and honorary chairman of the retail conglomerate Kering, and art collector.
- The Pinault family pledged $113 million to the rebuilding of Notre Dame cathedral following the April 2019 fire.
- In 1999, Pinault changed the direction of the business towards luxury goods when he bought a controlling stake in Gucci Group.
However, he is ranked as the 27th-richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth of $29.7 billion.