REACTION
The investment company of the Pinault family, Artemis, will release 100 million euros to participate in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris, ravaged Monday evening by the flames, announced in a statement its president François-Henri Pinault. Tuesday at the microphone of Nikos Aliagas, he expressed his sense of responsibility for this tragedy.
"It took us to the guts"
"It's a tragedy that has touched us all: I saw my 17-year-old daughter crying in front of the images," said François-Henri Pinault at the microphone of Nikos Aliagas. "It took our guts with my father and we wanted to react right away," he added.
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"It's an incredible challenge for us, and we felt it to be an absolute obligation to rebuild this cathedral, but in these times it's a very symbolic gesture, it must be a collective effort to rebuild [the cathedral] very quickly and completely It is important that we are united around this symbol It is our heritage, our culture that is at stake and also our national pride. to be at the height. "
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Artemis is the armed arm of the empire founded by François Pinault, now 82 years old and third fortune of France. The company, founded in 1992, is managed by François-Henri Pinault since 2003. Autodidact, François Pinault has become an influential collector of contemporary art in the world after being one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the country.