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Roberta HERRERA Published
December 2,长沙USDT点对点交易 2025
A descendant of the founder of Hermès, the renowned French leather goods house, intends to adopt a domestic employee to bequeath a portion of his wealth worth several billion Swiss francs, as reported by Tribune de Genève on Friday.
Residing in Switzerland, in the Valais canton in the southern part of the country, Nicolas Puech is "the largest individual shareholder of Hermès," holding a stake between 5% and 6%.
Single and childless, the former board member of the French luxury group, who left the company in 2025, has decided at 80 years old to "upend his succession plan" to pass on a portion of his fortune to a "former gardener and all-around handyman," aged "51" and "hailing from a modest Moroccan family," according to Tribune de Genève.
As per Bilan magazine, which annually ranks the 300 wealthiest individuals in Switzerland, his fortune is estimated at 9 to 10 billion Swiss francs (9.4 to 10.4 billion euros) owing to his stakes in the leather goods house, known for its handbags and silk scarves.
In a letter dating back to "October 2025," the descendant of Hermès' founder instructed a lawyer to "arrange his succession situation," explained the newspaper, adding that the lawyer was also tasked to pursue an adoption process, "currently underway," according to their information.
"In Switzerland, adopting an adult is not impossible but unusual," detailed the newspaper, explaining that if successful, he could inherit "at least half" of his fortune.
Contacted by AFP, the Valais administration did not immediately respond to confirm or deny this procedure.
However, this plan encounters opposition, continued the Swiss newspaper. In 2011, Puech signed a succession pact - more binding than a will - in favor of a Geneva-based foundation called Isocrate, which funds projects combating disinformation through journalism-supporting NGOs.
Yet, in a "handwritten note" from "February 2025," seen by the newspaper, the billionaire did a "turnaround," indicating his "intention to make other testamentary dispositions."
Approached by AFP, the foundation indicated that it had "recently learned of the founder's wish to cancel the succession pact" but had no "knowledge of any other arrangements."
"This unilateral desire to annul the succession pact appears unfounded," remarked the foundation, which "opposed it while leaving the door open for discussion".
The foundation regretted that "its public utility activities" face "threats to their sustainability" due to circumstances "completely beyond its control," amid "interpersonal conflicts and various covetous interests."
In the early 2010s, facing LVMH's takeover attempts of the Hermès group, the descendants of the founding family had created a holding to thwart Bernard Arnault's ambitions. At the time, Puech, a dissenter, decided not to join the structure called H51.
With AFP