Alain Wertheimer
Businessperson, Organization leader
1949 –
Who is Alain Wertheimer?
Alain Wertheimer is a French businessman based in France who, with his brother Gerard own the controlling interest in the House of Chanel. The son of Jacques Wertheimer and Eliane Fischer, it was his grandfather Pierre who co-founded the Chanel business. 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 gunsmith. Based in France, the Wertheimer brothers own French vineyards including Château Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux, France, and Château Canon in Saint-Emilion, both of which have won rave reviews from oenophiles. 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. His net worth is over $7 billion as of 2012.
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- Born
- 1949
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Employment
- Rauzan-Segla Vineyard
- Chateau Canon Vineyard
- Chanel
- Lived in
- France
- Switzerland
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on July 23, 2013
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