🚨 🇫🇷 Bernard Arnault offers €50 million to École Polytechnique, his alma mater.
The head of LVMH, France’s largest fortune, is funding—through his family holding company Agache—the creation of an Institute of Mathematics and Fundamental Sciences on the Palaiseau campus.
The building, which will bear his name, is set to open around 2030 and host nearly 400 researchers and doctoral students.
The goal is to strengthen French mathematics, a foundation that has become strategic for artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and cybersecurity.
The head of LVMH, France’s largest fortune, is funding—through his family holding company Agache—the creation of an Institute of Mathematics and Fundamental Sciences on the Palaiseau campus.
The building, which will bear his name, is set to open around 2030 and host nearly 400 researchers and doctoral students.
The goal is to strengthen French mathematics, a foundation that has become strategic for artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and cybersecurity.