Seen the Wertheimer family of Chanel with 19000000000 $ assets

Chanel 28600 Karl Lagerfeld, with his shock of white hair , sunglasses and leather gloves, will be the center of attention in Paris next Tuesday , when the luxury goods company debuted last ready - to-wear for the fashion week in the city. " The Chanel show produced by far the greatest interest," Dana Thomas , author of " Deluxe" , a book about the luxury industry , said in a telephone interview from the French capital. "If you're just a Chanel show season is that you need to go . " The billionaire bosses 30 years Lagerfeld , Chanel owners Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, walk unnoticed by Thomas . The brothers sit on the fourth or fifth spin and after. The couple keep their private lives - and their finances - away from the limelight to such an extent that their combined assets of 19.2 billion euros more than double previous estimates . new Chanel bag According to its annual report with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce , Chanel International BV consolidated net sales of EUR 5.9 billion in 2011 , and earnings before interest, taxes , depreciation and amortization of 1.4 billion euro filed . Dutch documents The report of Zoetermeer, Netherlands holding company, the latest available and is Chanel worth $ 18.5 billion according to data compiled by Bloomberg , based on the average firm size realizable value , enterprise value to EBITDA and price-earnings multiples of five publicly traded companies : L'Oreal SA (OR) , Estee Lauder Cos. , Prada Spa ( 1913) , LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (MC) and Kering . ( KER ) "Chanel would say at the forefront of the industry , " Gilbert Harrison , chairman and founder of the investment bank Financo LLC, said in a telephone interview . " Luxury companies go light three to four times the revenue can easy access to a $ 20000000000 evaluation." The brothers each own half of the company , according to " The Secret of Chanel No. 5 ," a history of perfume by Tilar Mazzeo They also have three French wineries , including Chateau Rauzan Segla - . And Wertheimer et Frère, one of the best horse racing world and cattle operations. Laurence Delamare , a spokesman for Chanel , declined to comment on the net value of Wertheimer . silent Treatment The billionaire brothers are the latest beneficiaries of a booming market for luxury goods has lifted the global luxury S & P index of 24 percent this year . The outbreak has at least nine hidden billionaires, including Alberto and Marina Prada Bianchi, older siblings , Miuccia Prada , Brunello Cucinelli , Brunello Cucinelli SpA founder of publicly traded U.S. designer Tory Burch, and exposed his ex - husband Chris Burch and Dolce & Gabbana founders Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana . The brothers run the family business for 39 years and the third generation of more - than -one run are - century-old company that was almost up to the Nazis in World War II lost and became one of the most recognized luxury goods companies in the world . The calculation gives each brother a net worth of $ 9600000000 and ranks 120th and 121 in the index billionaire Bloomberg. Chanel 2013 " It is not released their numbers , they do not publish their numbers , and they do not talk about it," Thomas said. "It's smart business . , You can lean periods , even years, and have slim person knows . They play the long game, which they do very well . "