You know, I’ve been diving deep into this whole ‘Axel Dumas’ thing, and I gotta tell you, it’s been a wild ride. First off, I started digging into who this guy even is.
Turns out, Axel Dumas, he’s the big boss at Hermès. I mean, I hit up my usual search engine, typed in “Axel Dumas,” and boom! Tons of stuff popped up. He was born in 1970, so that makes him, what, in his early 50s now? Anyway, he’s like the sixth generation of his family to run the show at Hermès. Talk about keeping it in the family, right?
Then, I got curious about how much this guy’s worth.
I found out that his family, the Dumas crew, they’re rolling in it. We’re talking billions, with a ‘B’. Their combined fortune is something crazy like $150.9 billion. I had to read that number a few times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.
Next, I wanted to see how he climbed up the ladder at Hermès.
- I found out that he became the CEO of Hermès by February 2014.
- When he took over, the company was pulling in around $5.2 billion.
- But by 2021, under his watch, that number almost doubled to $10.2 billion. Can you believe that? It’s like he’s got the Midas touch or something.
After that, I wanted to know more about the family.
I mean, with that much money, there’s gotta be a bunch of people in line for a piece of the pie. And yeah, there are dozens of heirs to the Hermès fortune. But from what I gathered, Axel and another cousin, Pierre-Alexis, are the two main ones.
Finally, I checked out his official title and what that means.
His title is something like “Executive Chairman” at Hermès International SCA. I even tried to find out how much he makes in that role, but that info is pretty well-guarded, it seems. But, you know, with a title like that at a company like Hermès, it’s gotta be a pretty penny.
So, that’s my deep dive into Axel Dumas. It started with a simple search, led me down a rabbit hole of billions of dollars, family fortunes, and a business that’s basically doubled its revenue under his watch. Pretty crazy stuff, if you ask me.
