Who was Louis Vuitton?

• When Napoleon assumed the title

of Emperor of the French in 1852,
his wife hired Louis Vuitton as her
personal box-maker and packer.
This provided a gateway for
Vuitton to a class of elite and royal
clientele who would seek his
services for the duration of his life
and far beyond, as the Louis
Vuitton brand would grow into
the world-renowned luxury
leather and lifestyle brand it
is today.
 Early Life
• Louis Vuitton was born on 4 August 1821 in Anchay in the Jura region in
• Eastern France. His father, Xavier Vuitton, was a farmer, and his mother,
• Corinne Gaillard, was a milliner.
• He had a normal childhood until the age of 10 when tragedy struck the
• family and his mother died. His father soon remarried, and his new wife
• turned out to be a strict woman.
• Louis was a stubborn child who did not get along with his step-mother.
• He also grew increasingly bored of the simple life in his small village. He
• was very ambitious even as a child and planned to run away from home.
• At the age of 13 he decided to travel to Paris in order to seek his fortune
• in the big city. And thus he set off, alone and on foot, in the spring of
• 1835.
• He travelled for more than two years, taking up odd jobs on the way in
• order to fend for himself, and staying wherever he could find shelter. The
• journey to Paris was not an easy one, but he courageously endured on.
• He finally reached his destination after the 292-mile trek from his native
• Anchay to Paris in 1837. The Industrial Revolution was in full swing in
• Paris, and the city offered ample opportunities for his professional
• growth.
 Education

• Louis Vuitton had little to no

education at all.
• He did not attend school due to
his family’s financial struggle. 
• Instead he ran away from home
and started working odd jobs in
order to feed himself and to one
day become successful.
Career
 Challenges
Louis Vuitton faced many challenges
growing up due to financial problems his
family was facing which resulted in him
not getting an education and also making
him run away from home to follow his
dreams without any guidance or support
from his family
    Death

• He died on February 27, 1892. At

the age of 70.