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BUSINESSMAN Jean-Pierre Meyers is married to Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the L’Oréal cosmetics and beauty empire heiress.
After then-L’Oréal matriarch Liliane Bettencourt passed away in 2017, her only child, and Meyers’ wife, became the richest woman in the world.
Who is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers?
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is a French businesswoman, writer, heiress, and philanthropist.
She is currently the richest woman in the world, with an estimated net worth of nearly $87 billion as of November 2023.
Bettencourt Meyers was born in 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France to André and Liliane Bettencourt, the daughter of L’Oréal founder Eugène Schueller.
In 2007, Bettencourt Meyers filed a criminal complaint against her mother’s friend, François-Marie Banier, alleging that he was preying on her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease in order to steal her fortune.
Liliane had gifted Banier over $1 billion in cash, gifts, and life insurance policies since the two first met in 1987.
By 2008, Bettencourt Meyers officially sued Banier for taking advantage of – and money from – her mother.
The subsequent scandal was covered in the 2023 Netflix documentary series The Billionaire, The Butler, and the Boyfriend.
While Bettencourt Meyers and Liliane briefly reconciled in December 2010 after Liliane removed Banier from her will, the duo ended up estranged again just months later.
After her death in 2017, Liliane’s fortune was split between her only child, Bettencourt Meyers, and her two grandsons.
Bettencourt Meyers saw her net worth triple almost overnight thanks to the high valuation of L’Oréal shares and her investments, made through her family holding company, Téthys Invest.
The family still owns a 33 percent stake in L’Oréal.
Her husband, Jean-Pierre Meyers, is the holding company’s CEO.
Who is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers’ husband, Jean-Pierre?
Jean-Pierre Meyers was born in France in 1948.
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He is the grandson of Rabbi Robert Meyers, who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1942 during the Second World War.
On April 6, 1984, he married François Bettencourt, who converted from Catholicism to Judaism ahead of their wedding.
Meyers has been a member of the board of directors for L’Oréal since 1987, and the company’s vice president since 1994.
From 1991 to 2014, he was also the director of Nestlé.
In 2016, Meyers and his wife co-founded Téthys Invest, an investment firm where he serves as CEO and board member.
He is currently the vice president of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation.
How many kids do they have?
Jean-Pierre and his wife have two children together.
Their oldest son, Jean-Victor, was born in 1986.
In 1988, the duo welcomed their second son, Nicolas.
Jean-Victor Meyers has been a member of the board of directors of L’Oréal since 2012.
He is also the co-founder of Exemplaire, a company producing fashion and luxury goods.
He previously interned at Goldman Sachs in London and at Louis Vuitton in Paris.
Jean-Victor reportedly often served as an intermediary between his mother, Françoise, and his grandmother, Liliane, as the duo were typically estranged.
Jean-Victor’s younger brother, Nicolas was also appointed as a L’Oréal board member on June 30, 2020.
The duo are both set to inherit the multibillion-dollar beauty and cosmetics empire.
