Rank #52
Gerard Wertheimer
Net worth $39.4B
Chanel · France
- Born
- Jan 09, 1951
- Age
- 75
- Source
- Chanel
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- France
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Gerard Wertheimer and his brother Alain own French luxury brand Chanel.
- Gerard heads the company's watch division and lives in Switzerland.
- His grandfather, Pierre, partnered with Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, the company's namesake, in the 1920s.
- Karl Lagerfeld, the public face of Chanel, died in 2019 at the age of 85. He had been the company's creative director for over 35 years.
- Alain and Gerard breed and race thoroughbreds. Their horses have won races at the French Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf in the U.S.
- Gerard and his brother own vineyards in the Bordeaux region in France and Napa Valley, California.