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How single families control trillion-dollar luxury, automotive, tech, eyewear, and industrial empires using holding pyramids, dual-class supervoting shares, and foundations.
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Controls >50% of LVMH capital and 65.94% of voting rights via Financiere Agache and Christian Dior SE.
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Holds unlisted B shares representing just 10% of equity yet controlling 51% of voting rights.
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Foundation holds ~20% equity and ~43% of votes via 10x voting shares across ABB, Ericsson, and Atlas Copco.
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Owns 100% of Porsche SE voting shares, locking in 53.3% of Volkswagen Group voting rights with 31.4% equity.
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Controls Samsung Electronics (~19.7% related-party block) via Samsung C&T and Samsung Life (8.51%).
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Exor holds 19.5% equity / 32.5% voting rights in Ferrari, 15.5% in Stellantis, and 45.6% vote in CNH.
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Privately controls Panera Brands (89%), Pret A Manger (78%), Coty (52%), Krispy Kreme (44%), and NVA (91%).
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Holds ~50% of Reliance Industries, controlling Jio Platforms (66.43%) and Reliance Retail (83.56%).
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Luxembourg vehicle Delfin holds ~32.4% of Ray-Ban and Oakley parent EssilorLuxottica.
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Wields 71.36% voting control over SoftBank Group (Arm 87.1%, OpenAI ~14%) on a 29.14% economic stake.
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Is Johann Rupert's 10%-equity Richemont lock or the Arnault Dior-Agache pyramid more impenetrable than Samsung's chaebol web?
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