LVMH MOET HENNESSY-LOUIS VITTON

Christian Dior actually owns it, but what is LVMH? Five years ago, that wasn’t an easy question to answer. The Groups Chairman, Bernard Arnault, was adding Internet companies and teenage beauty brands to his stable of luxury labels and spirits. But recent years have seen Arnault put LVMH on a strict luxury performance diet. So anything that’s not strictly luxury (think Hard Candy cosmetics), or not strictly working (think Christian Lacroix), is going. And LVMH is all the fitter for it.
Key Brands: Louis Vuitton/Loewe/Celine/Berluti Kenzo/Givenchy/Marc Jacobs/Fendi/StefanoBi/Emilio Pucci/Thomas Pink/Donna Karan

Plus: 15 wine and spirit brands. 10 beauty and perfume brands, 6 watch brands and jewelry brands. 7 retail brands (including one web retailer) 2 media brands.