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Hermès Heir ‘Strongly Contests’ Lawsuit Over $16 Billion Fortune

A Qatar-linked fund had accused Nicolas Puech of failing to deliver Hermès International shares worth $16 billion as part of a sale agreement. Puech’s lawyer says his client wasn’t involved in the deal.
Hermes Kelly bag, street style details.
With a net worth of about $192 billion, the clan controlling the Hermès group is Europe’s wealthiest family. (Shutterstock)

A longstanding mystery surrounding the wealth of an octogenarian heir to the

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