Edouard Carmignac

$1.03B
as of 10/04/24

About Edouard Carmignac

Edouard Carmignac founded Carmignac Gestion, one of Europe's largest asset managers, in 1989.

Carmignac owns 79% of the company, which now has over $40 billion in assets under management; employees and executives own the rest.

His daughter Maxime works at the company and is the heir apparent. His son directs Foundation Carmignac and another daughter, Lucrece, is an actress.

In 2019, Carmignac stepped back from managing Carmignac Patrimoine, which he had run since 1989. He is chairman and chief investment officer.

The Foundation Carmignac opened an exhibition space in 2018 to show nearly 300 art works on Porquerolles, an island off the South of France.

Personal stats

Citizenship

France

Source of wealth

Asset management

Residence

Paris, France

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/04/47 (age 77)

Number of children

5

Self-made

self-made

Edouard Carmignac’s fortune is worth

17K

troy ounces of gold

16K

median U.S. household

10K

median U.S. income

0.021%

U.S. credit card volume

0.004%

GDP of the United States

0.003%

United States debt

Net worth history

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Did you know?

Edouard Carmignac wanted to be a rock star but settled for finance after receiving a BA in economics from the University of Paris and an MBA from Columbia.

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