Nicolas Puech is a French billionaire heir and businessman, a fifth-generation descendant of Thierry Hermès, the founder of the luxury fashion brand Hermès.
He was born in 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and is known for owning 5% of Hermès, with a fortune valued at €12 billion as of 2023.
Puech made headlines when it was reported that he intended to leave a significant portion of his wealth to his former gardener by adopting him, a move that was met with opposition from the charitable foundation he founded.
Puech lives in Martigny, Switzerland, and the planned adoption, aimed at bequeathing at least half of his multibillion-dollar fortune to his gardener, has sparked controversy.