Nicolas Puech, the estranged heir of the Herm\u00e8s fashion empire, has announced he intends to award his $11 billion fortune and $5.9 million in properties to his former gardener.<\/p>\n
While you\u2019re probably wondering why the 80-year-old\u2019s not leaving it to family, the fact of the matter is he\u2019s not married and doesn\u2019t have any children.<\/p>\n
So, he plans to legally adopt his 51-year-old former gardener and handyman, making him a beneficiary of his vast wealth.<\/p>\n
READ MORE! Jeff Bezos\u2019 mother is now worth $30 billion but her story is incredible<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s an unorthodox move, passing on his immense wealth and real-estate portfolio, and one that\u2019s sparked intense speculation.<\/p>\n Puech is a fifth-generation descendant of Thierry Herm\u00e8s, who laid the foundation of the luxury fashion house in 1837.<\/p>\n As well as producing leather goods and beautiful timepieces<\/a>, Herm\u00e8s has even teamed up with hypercar manufacturer Pagani to create a one-of-a-kind Huayra Herm\u00e8s Edition<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/a>Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n Despite retiring from the board of Herm\u00e8s in 2014, Puech still holds a siginifcant stake in the company.<\/p>\n The company is valued at $220 billion, ranking Puech among Switzerland\u2019s wealthiest individuals, with an estimated worth of around $11 billion.<\/p>\n Apparently, Puech has already initiated legal proceedings to formalize the gardener\u2019s adoption, which forms a crucial part of his revised estate arrangements.<\/p>\n The gardener, who reportedly comes from a \u201cmodest Moroccan family\u201d, is married to a woman from Spain and they have two children of their own.<\/p>\n <\/a>MariyaAng \/ Pinterest<\/p>\n The man stands to inherit a significant portion of Peuch\u2019s fortune, including acquiring substantial properties in Marrakesh, Morocco and Montreux, Switzerland valued at $5.9 million.<\/p>\n Puech faces formidable challenges, though, with adult adoption an exceedingly rare occurrence in Switzerland.<\/p>\n He will have to navigate complex legal hurdles, with reports suggesting requirements for such adoptions demanding a prior relationship during the adoptee\u2019s minor years.<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, he faces conflicting commitments, too.<\/p>\n <\/a>Patrick Robert Doyle \/ Unsplash<\/p>\n Allegedly, Puech had previously committed his fortune to the Isocrates foundation, established by himself to combat misinformation.<\/p>\n If he is to retract this pledge, it might trigger a fierce legal battle.<\/p>\n In a statement shared with Fortune<\/a>, the foundation said it opposes any unilateral cancellation of the inheritance contract, signaling a potential shutdown.<\/p>\n Reports suggest the adoption maneuver may serve as a legal tactic to preempt any interference from the foundation in Puech\u2019s will.<\/p>\n The post Herm\u00e8s heir wants to give his $11 billion fortune to his gardener<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nicolas Puech, the estranged heir of the Herm\u00e8s fashion empire, has announced he intends to award his $11 billion fortune and $5.9 million in properties to his former gardener. While you\u2019re probably wondering why the 80-year-old\u2019s not leaving it to family, the fact of the matter is he\u2019s not married and doesn\u2019t have any children. …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":42547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}