Alain Wertheimer

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| birth_name = Alain Ernest Wertheimer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|9|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

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| occupation = Businessman

| known_for = Co-owner and chairman of Chanel

| children = 3

| parents = Jacques Wertheimer
Eliane Heilbronn (Fischer)

| spouse = Brigitte Laloum

| relations = Gérard Wertheimer (brother)
Charles Heilbronn (half-brother)
Pierre Wertheimer (grandfather)

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Alain Ernest Wertheimer (born 28 September 1948) is a French billionaire businessman, based in New York City. He is the chairman and a controlling shareholder in Chanel, with his brother Gérard who chairs its watch division.{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/life/.premium.MAGAZINE-from-nazis-to-churchill-the-stink-behind-chanel-no-5-1.5628612| title=From Nazis to Churchill: The Stink Behind Chanel No. 5|newspaper=Haaretz|date=Dec 14, 2017|first=Nirit|last=Anderman|access-date=2020-10-09}}{{cite web|url=https://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/people/switzerlands-watch-barons/|title=Time is Money: The 26 Richest Swiss Watch Barons|first1=Jay|last1=Deshpande|date=3 December 2014|website=WatchTime|accessdate=19 February 2019}} As of October 2022, Wertheimer's net worth was estimated at US$40 billion by Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the 26th richest person in the world.{{cite magazine |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Alain Wertheimer |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/alain-e-wertheimer/ |magazine=Bloomberg |accessdate=2022-10-05}}

According to Forbes, Wertheimer is the 38th richest individual in the world. As of 25 December 2024, his estimated net worth is US$41.4 billion.{{Cite web|title=The World's Real-Time Billionaires |url=https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires |magazine=Forbes |access-date=December 25, 2024}}

Early life

Wertheimer was born on 28 September 1948,{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/alain-e-wertheimer/|title=Alain Wertheimer|author=|date=|website=www.bloomberg.com|accessdate=15 January 2020}} to a Jewish family, the son of Jacques Wertheimer and Eliane Fischer.

Career

Wertheimer is the co-owner and chairman of Chanel.{{cite magazine |title=Alain Wertheimer |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/alain-wertheimer/ |magazine=Forbes |accessdate=2020-10-09}}

The privately held company is run by Alain who has presided over the acquisition of several non-Chanel brands, including Eres Lingerie and beachwear, Tanner Krolle saddles and leather goods, and Holland & Holland, a British gunmaker.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Based in France, the Wertheimer brothers own French vineyards including Château Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux, and Château Canon in Saint-Émilion, both of which have won rave reviews from oenophiles. {{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Both brothers are enthusiastic equestrians who also inherited and operate an important Thoroughbred horse racing stable they call La Presle Farm or Wertheimer farm for racing in the United States and is known as Wertheimer et Frère partnership in France.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Personal life

Wertheimer is married to Brigitte Laloum; they have three children, Sarah Wertheimer (m. 2011 to Pedro Romero Gonzalez), Nathaniel Wertheimer (m. 2015 to Taya Alexandra Schmid), and Raphael Wertheimer.{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=SCI LA PIPARDIERE|website=websitepappers.fr|date= February 21, 2020|url= https://www.pappers.fr/entreprise/sci-la-pipardiere-879239754/documents/SCI%20LA%20PIPARDIERE%20-%20Statuts%20mis%20%C3%A0%20jour%2016-04-2020.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|language= French}} He and his wife live in New York City.

Alain and his brothers own vineyards in France and Napa Valley, California.{{Cite web|title=Gerard Wertheimer|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/gerard-wertheimer-1/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Forbes|language=en}}

The fortune of Alain and Gérard is managed by their family office, Mousse Partners.{{Cite news |date=2021-04-29 |title=How the Secretive Family Behind Chanel Is Reshaping a Big Investment Bet |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-29/family-office-behind-90-billion-fortune-reshapes-consumer-bets |access-date=2023-09-03}}