Hermès billionaire wants to bequeath fortune to his gardener
A descendant of Europe's richest family has reportedly begun a process to adopt his middle-aged gardener, planning to leave him at least half of his roughly €12 billion ($19.48 billion) fortune.
Nicolas Puech, 80, a fifth-generation descendant of the founder of French luxury goods company Hermes, wants to cancel a contract that would bequeath his fortune to the Isocrates Foundation, which he founded, and instead make his employee a legal heir.
Swiss newspapers Tribune de Geneve and 24 heures reported the news earlier this month.
The charitable foundation is contesting Puech's plan to cut ties, which it says it learned of only recently.
"From a legal point of view, a unilateral cancellation of the contract of inheritance seems void and unfounded," the organisation ...