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Nicolas Puech, the 80-year-old heir to French luxury brand Hermès, is reportedly planning to distribute his fortune to his 51-year-old gardener, whom he also plans to legally adopt.
According to the Swiss publication Tribune de Genève, quoted by the New York Post, the heir to the luxury brand plans to pass on his fortune to his “former gardener and craftsman” from a “humble Moroccan family.”
Puech, who has reportedly already begun the adoption process with the gardener, hopes to pass on billions of dollars of the Hermès fortune since he is unmarried and has no children of his own.
Puech, the fifth-generation descendant of Thierry Hermès, will pass on billions of dollars of the Hermès fortune, currently valued at over $220 billion.
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A Hermès luxury goods store in Berlin. (Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images/File / Getty Images)
Puech reportedly owns between 5% and 6% of the house, giving him a net worth of $10 billion to $11 billion.
Puech also hopes to pass on $5.9 million worth of properties in Marrakech, Morocco and Montreux, Switzerland.
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The Swiss publication reported that he was able to pass on half of his inheritance to his former gardener.
The gardener is reportedly married to a woman from Spain and has two children.
A model wears a Hermès signature Birkin with Himalayan crocodile leather and diamonds that sold for $300,168 at a Christie's auction in 2016. (Portal/Bobby Yip/TPX Images/File / Portal Photos)
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According to Fortune, Puech resigned from the Hermès board on poor terms in 2014 when LVMH, a French conglomerate, acquired 23% of Hermès.
Hermès did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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