{"id":146220,"date":"2023-12-15T17:07:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=146220"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:07:54","slug":"billionaire-hermes-handbag-boss-is-adopting-his-51-year-old-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/billionaire-hermes-handbag-boss-is-adopting-his-51-year-old-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Hermes handbag boss &apos;is adopting his 51-year-old gardener&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Billionaire Hermes handbag boss Nicolas Puech, 80, &#8216;is adopting his 51-year-old gardener so he can leave him half his \u00a39billion fortune in his will&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nicolas Puech, 80, is moving to adopt his 51-year-old former greenskeeper<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The billionaire scion of the renowned luxury design house Herm\u00e8s has reportedly made the extraordinary decision to leave a substantial portion of his vast wealth to his longtime gardener and handyman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Puech, 80, is moving to adopt his<span>\u00a0former greenskeeper, 51, which would make the worker the billionaire&#8217;s rightful heir, according to sources cited by Swiss publication Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the fifth-generation descendant of Thierry Herm\u00e8s, the founder of the iconic Herm\u00e8s brand in 1837, Puech&#8217;s wealth is estimated to be around $11.5 billion (\u00a39 billion), with reports suggesting he owns between five and six per cent of the fashion house, valued at over \u00a3183 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Puech, who does not have kids and is not married, is said to have referred to his former employee &#8211; reportedly from a &#8216;modest Moroccan family&#8217; &#8211; and his wife as his &#8216;children&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79008633-12868675-image-a-22_1702657809855.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Puech, 80, is moving to adopt his former greenskeeper, 51, which would make the worker the billionaire&#8217;s rightful heir, according to sources cited by Swiss publication Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79008631-12868675-image-a-20_1702657804673.jpg\" height=\"310\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Puech&#8217;s wealth is estimated to be around $11.5 billion (\u00a39 billion)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79010805-12868675-image-a-21_1702657808187.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shoppers queue to enter the French high fashion luxury clothing manufacturer Hermes store<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79010803-12868675-image-a-23_1702657814004.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Katharine McPhee is seen outside &#8216;Good Morning America&#8217; on December 13, 2023 in New York City carrying a Hermes bag<\/p>\n<p>The alleged decision to adopt his greenskeeper comes off the back of suspected family tensions, which arose in part due to a rival takeover of a significant stake in Herm\u00e8s shares.<\/p>\n<p>Luxury behemoth LVMH, owned by Bernard Arnault &#8211; one of the world&#8217;s richest people &#8211; is said to have acquired a major stake in Herm\u00e8s after Puech resigned from his forefather&#8217;s supervisory board, citing family problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the adoption is authorised by courts, the gardener is poised to inherit significant assets from his former employer, including properties in his native Morocco, as well as Puech&#8217;s retreat in Montreux, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>But the value of said properties, thought to be almost \u00a35 million, pales in comparison to Puech&#8217;s \u00a39 billion fortune &#8211; half of which he intends to pass on to the gardener and his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>This altruistic move could result in the gardener receiving more than \u00a34.5 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the adoption is likely to face significant legal challenges on various fronts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79008617-12868675-image-a-24_1702657824455.jpg\" height=\"851\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kim Kardashian holds an American Horror Story script while heading to set in New York City. Kardashian carried a giant $100k Hermes Birkin bag<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79008635-12868675-image-a-26_1702657830273.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Puech<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/16\/79010801-12868675-image-a-25_1702657828637.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A couple walk with Hermes shopping bags as they leave a Hermes store in Paris<\/p>\n<p><span>Firstly, Puech had in 2011 pledged to bestow his fortune upon the Isocrates Foundation &#8211; a philanthropic organisation he founded which\u00a0<\/span>provides grants to &#8216;support the fundamental role civil society organisations play in safeguarding and stimulating public debate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, the foundation &#8216;funds and supports public interest journalism and media organisations committed to strengthening the field of investigative journalism&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the adoption of adults is not a typical occurrence in\u00a0Switzerland, where Puech resides for tax reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The process typically requires the adopting party to have shared a relationship with the adoptee for at least some part of their childhood years, with another regulation stipulating an adult adoptee must have spent at least a year living with their adoptive parent as a minor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted Hermes for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12868675\/Billionaire-Hermes-handbag-boss-Nicolas-Puech-80-adopting-51-year-old-gardener-leave-half-9billion-fortune-will.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Hermes handbag boss Nicolas Puech, 80, &#8216;is adopting his 51-year-old gardener so he can leave him half his \u00a39billion fortune in his will&#8217; 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