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Meet French billionaire François Pinault, owner of Christie's and founder of Kering – who has pledged US$113 million to rebuild Notre Dame | South China Morning Post
![Photo : François-Henri Pinault, tout sourire auprès de sa belle Salma Hayek, lors de la vente aux enchères Christie's à New York pour l'écologie le 22 avril 2010 - Purepeople Photo : François-Henri Pinault, tout sourire auprès de sa belle Salma Hayek, lors de la vente aux enchères Christie's à New York pour l'écologie le 22 avril 2010 - Purepeople](https://static1.purepeople.com/articles/7/54/61/7/@/400178-francois-henri-pinault-tout-sourire-580x0-3.jpg)
Photo : François-Henri Pinault, tout sourire auprès de sa belle Salma Hayek, lors de la vente aux enchères Christie's à New York pour l'écologie le 22 avril 2010 - Purepeople
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Inside François Pinault's rags-to-riches story with Kering: the billionaire started a timber business at 16 then acquired Printemps and Christie's – now his conglomerate owns Gucci, Balenciaga and YSL | South China
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Meet French billionaire François Pinault, owner of Christie's and founder of Kering – who has pledged US$113 million to rebuild Notre Dame | South China Morning Post
![Meet Francois Pinault, the French billionaire who has a $1.2 billion art collection, owns Christie's, and founded Kering, the luxury giant behind Gucci and Balenciaga | Business Insider India Meet Francois Pinault, the French billionaire who has a $1.2 billion art collection, owns Christie's, and founded Kering, the luxury giant behind Gucci and Balenciaga | Business Insider India](https://www.businessinsider.in/thumb/msid-68245406,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-1326021/On-top-of-his-involvement-with-Christies-Pinault-is-regarded-as-one-of-the-biggest-private-art-collectors-in-the-world-.jpg)
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![French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault to return relics bought at Christie's to China - Alain.R.Truong French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault to return relics bought at Christie's to China - Alain.R.Truong](https://p8.storage.canalblog.com/86/95/119589/86027090.jpg)
French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault to return relics bought at Christie's to China - Alain.R.Truong
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Christie's Owner François-Henri Pinault Pledges €100m to Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral After the Catastrophic Fire | News | THE VALUE | Art News
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Le «Salvator Mundi» de Vinci, ou la double bonne affaire à 80 millions d'euros de François Pinault - l'Opinion
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