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Who owns Christian Dior?

1 of the world’s richest people holds Christian Dior in our tracked profiles.

Billionaire holders

  1. Bernard Arnault & familyLuxury & retail
    Family holdingChristian Dior SE (listed holding company over LVMH) · Financière Agache 96.00% of capital / 97.10% of votes, plus Agache 0.65% direct · as of Sep 2026
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    Entry
    Christian Dior SE (listed holding company over LVMH)
    Ticker
    CDI
    Exchange
    Euronext Paris
    Role
    Family holding; to be merged with Agache and renamed Agache SCA
    Stake
    Financière Agache 96.00% of capital / 97.10% of votes, plus Agache 0.65% direct
    Stake as of
    2026-09-23
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Recent SEC filings

No Form 4 insider trades in Christian Dior from the holders above in the last 90 days.

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Recent moves

Sep 28, 2026 edition
Bernard Arnault & familyRestructuringLuxury & retailMC.PA · CDI.PAAI read · ▲ Succession planning

Arnault family simplifies LVMH control before generational handoff

The move

Christian Dior said Sept. 23 the Arnault family will merge its holding companies into Christian Dior, convert it into a partnership renamed Agache SCA, and hold 49.76% of LVMH's capital and 65.55% of its voting rights. Dior shares jumped about 17% on the news. Shareholders vote in December 2026, with a mandatory cash tender offer for remaining Dior shares to follow in the first quarter of 2027 at 95% of Dior's net asset value.

Why it matters

Folding decades of cross-holdings into one listed vehicle makes it simpler for Arnault to pass control of the world's biggest luxury group to his children without a fight over who holds which entity.

The bear case

Minority Dior shareholders could still push back on the tender price, and the plan still needs sign-off from France's securities regulator, the AMF.

What to watch

The extraordinary shareholder meetings in December and the AMF's review of the first-quarter 2027 tender offer.

Source · GlobeNewswireRead original ↗Report an error
Sep 27, 2026 edition
Bernard Arnault & familyLeadershipLuxury & retailMC.PA · CDI.PAAI read · — Control move

Arnault family plans to fold LVMH holding companies into one

The move

LVMH's parent Christian Dior said Sept. 23 that the Arnault family plans to merge Financière Agache into Agache, then merge Agache into Christian Dior, and convert Christian Dior into a partnership limited by shares renamed Agache SCA. The resulting single entity would hold 49.76% of LVMH's share capital and 65.55% of its voting rights. Shareholder votes are set for December 2026, with the mergers completing by year-end and a mandatory cash tender offer for minority shareholders, at 95% of Christian Dior's net asset value, running in the first quarter of 2027.

Why it matters

Bernard Arnault, 77, is simplifying the family's multi-layered holding structure into one listed vehicle to keep control of LVMH locked in across generations as succession questions grow louder.

The bear case

The restructuring changes who holds the controlling stake, not LVMH's underlying business, which is still working through a nearly 40% share-price slump this year and weak demand for Louis Vuitton in China.

What to watch

The December 2026 shareholder votes and the tender offer expected in the first quarter of 2027.

Source · GlobeNewswireRead original ↗Report an error

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