Nicolas Puech is a French businessman and the fifth-generation descendant of Thierry Hermès, the founder of the Hermès brand.
Puesh, 81, was originally an unknown billionaire, living a pampered life without being disturbed. However, because of a decision last year, he became the center of attention.
It is reported that Pues, who has never been married and has no children, decided to adopt his 51-year-old gardener so that he could become the legal heir to his huge wealth. News like
will obviously not fail to attract attention, but now things have gone awry. Puesh claimed that his 12 billion euros (about 94 billion rmb) of stocks have disappeared...
According to local time in July It was reported on the 31st that Pues told the Swiss court that he actually no longer had much money at his disposal, and believed that the person who caused this consequence was his former wealth manager Eric Freymond. .
Puesh took Fremond to court, claiming that the 6 million shares of Hermès he held suddenly disappeared. In his opinion, these things, which were deposited in a bank in Geneva 12 years ago, were stolen by his wealth manager, Frémond, for which he claimed that Frémond was working for him. During the past 20 years, he committed "huge fraud".
However, the court dismissed Puesh’s accusation in the final ruling. The judge said Pues had "blind trust" in Fremond and also found that he willingly allowed Fremond to manage his funds and even had free access to his bank accounts.
In fact, Pues has filed three separate lawsuits against his former wealth manager starting in October last year. The first lawsuit accused Fremond of concealing information and refusing to return his Hermès shares; the other two lawsuits Involves overseeing Pues' philanthropy, loans and other investments.
Court documents show that Fremond transferred stock through various channels over the years with Pues's authorization. Starting in 1998, Pues transferred Hermès shares to various Swiss banks, and the final number reached 6 million shares, which was all he held. It was from that year that Pues gave Fremond a series of signature authorizations to manage his own account.
It was not until October 2022 that he canceled the entrustment to Frémond, began to personally manage the account, and arranged inheritance matters. It was during this period that he discovered that the Hermès stocks he held were gone. It is still unclear where the
stocks have gone. As for how much wealth Pues currently has, it is not clear to the outside world. After all, the value of his wealth was previously calculated through the stocks he held.
About 5.7% of Hermès shares disappeared, which was a blow to Pues, and his gardener must have been quite disappointed.
However, to a certain extent, the gardener should be quite satisfied. After all, he originally only provided services to wealthy people from Morocco, but now he lives in a house on the shores of Lake Geneva worth 4 million Swiss francs (approximately 32.96 million rmb). ), there is also an apartment worth 1.5 million Swiss francs. Both properties were given to him by Pues.
Although it cannot be concluded that the gardener had a motive for being kind to Pues, it is obvious that he received generous rewards. However, this also brought him into controversy, including suspicions that he had seduced Pues.
