987.經濟學人-The sovereign of savoir-faire-2

2022年12月29日07:26:02 教育 1464

In many ways Mr Arnault, the first European to rise to the top of the world’s rich lists, is the epitome of how to do business in the old continent.

As his remarks to Jobs suggested, he thinks about the distant past and decades into the future, not just about next year’s profits.

He relishes craftsmanship, championing outré designers, perfumers and cellar masters, while often reserving for himself the last word on product details.

His own presence as a business titan is understated. Unlike Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, his most recent predecessors as the world’s richest people, he is not a household name—unless the household is a maison de couture, or palatial.

He is a regular on the Parisian fashion-show circuit, yet lets the clothes and those that wear them grab the spotlight.

He is soft-spoken but is no soft touch. As a writer on this newspaper put it back in 1989, he has “a charming smile but teeth, apparently, of steel”.

That reputation, which goes well with his lupine looks, is one he has never seemed to mind.

這是《經濟學人》2022年12月刊的一篇文章“The sovereign of savoir-faire”第2段，共7句。

epitome：典範

continent：大陸

這個成為世界首富的首位歐洲人，Arnault先生在很多方面都是在這片舊大陸如何開展業務的典範。

正如他對喬布斯的那些建議，他思考的是關於遙遠的過去以及未來的幾十年，並不僅僅是下一年的利潤有多少。

relishes：渴望；喜歡

craftsmanship：手藝

outré：異類的

cellar：酒窖