David Rosenthal: belief

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…I think so. Maybe I'm exaggerating with the crappy, but he did not move to America with this idea of getting into luxury. He moved to America and found what was available. He says in interviews, it was actually quite hard to break into the business community here. He had all of his connections in France, he had his family lawyer, and he had the business confidants and people that trusted him. But he moved here and he really had a hard time breaking in. This is a far-cry from the Bernard Arnault that we all know and either love or hate today. You're right, he does not break into the elite business community in America. But despite most of the business activities being in Florida, he and his family moved to Westchester County in New York. Specifically, they move to New Rochelle. They buy a house. His next door neighbor there happens to be a guy named John Kluge, which almost nobody I think listening now will know that name, but at the time, Kluge was the wealthiest person in America. Which is crazy, right?…

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