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Gaëlle Macke
1 November 2026
While luxury giants falter, L’Oréal shines ever brighter. Having surpassed LVMH as France’s No. 1 company by market capitalization, the cosmetics giant is ramping up acquisitions and propelling fashion brands into the beauty sector. It’s an industrial and marketing powerhouse, driven by stable management - a rarity in the luxury industry - and the support of its biggest shareholder, the Bettencourt-Meyers family.
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This week’s €30-billion unsolicited bid by Czech billionaire Michal Strnad for Delfin, the Del Vecchio family firm behind EssilorLuxottica, shows how vulnerable the eyewear giant has become. When family heirs fight, corporate raiders pounce. Strnad is the second-richest Czech with a net worth estimated at $17.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. 
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