Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1854. It merged into LVMH in 1987. It earns revenue from globally distributed, monogrammed luxury goods sold via 460+ owned stores. Its valuation rose from US$25.9bn (2012) to US$28.4bn (2013), alongside US$9.4bn revenue that year. It is repeatedly named the world’s most valuable luxury brand—but never discloses margins, unit costs, or subsidiary-level financials. Legal actions, WWII collaboration, model mistreatment, UNESCO site damage, and cultural appropriation claims are documented—but none appear in its financial reporting or governance disclosures.