How billionaire François Pinault built a luxury empire that owns Gucci and Balenciaga, battled Bernard Arnault and won, and became one of France's richest people in the process
Pinault was born in 1936 in Brittany, France. As a 7-year-old during the Nazi occupation, Pinault used to bring food to Allied soldiers hidden near his family's home.
Legend has it that German forces once beat Pinault and his father to try to get them to talk, but even as a child, he wouldn't give up their location.Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesPinault attended school at College Saint-Martin in Rennes, France. But his classmates bullied him over his rural accent and so he dropped out at 16 to start his first job at his father's lumber business.
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