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Bernard Arnault and Elon Musk, in Paris, June 17, 2023.
PARIS – Invited to the VivaTech show in Paris on Friday June 16, Elon Musk took advantage of his stay in the capital to have lunch the same day with Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH.
The two men are vying for the top of the magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s richest Forbes.
This meeting took place in the presence of two of the sons of the French leader – Antoine Arnault, general manager of Berluti and president of Loro Piana, and Alexandre Arnault, executive director of Tiffany & Co. – at the Cheval Blanc hotel, reports the JDD. Elon Musk was accompanied by his mother, Maye.
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Antoine, Alexandre and Bernard Arnault with Elon Musk and his mother, Maye, in Paris, June 16.
This lunch, of which nothing has since filtered, was announced Thursday evening by Bernard Arnault during the program Daily on TMC. He had in particular qualified the one who recently bought Twitter for 44 billion euros of“outstanding entrepreneur”.
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Elon Musk’s uninhibited show at VivaTech
At the VivaTech show on Friday, Elon Musk held his rank as a world star of tech in front of 3,600 fans, without however mentioning the Tesla factory of which the Elysee Palace dreams for France.
For two hours at the Dôme de Paris, the controversial billionaire, who also owns SpaceX, stuck to his image as an unapologetic visionary, distilling his advice for success to fascinated start-up executives and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Despite a meeting with Emmanuel Macron at midday, however, he did not say a word about the possible installation of a Tesla factory in France. However, he had promised in May, at the “Chose France” show, that the electric car manufacturer would “significant investments” in the country. ” Let’s work together “nevertheless tweeted in English the head of state after their meeting.
Elon Musk’s only announcement on this occasion: he said he wanted to equip a first human being with neural implants in 2023 from his company Neuralink, which has just obtained authorization to carry out tests in the United States. “Later this year, we will do our first human chip implant, for someone who has a form of quadriplegia”he launched.
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