80-year-old billionaire Nicolas Puech, a fifth generation descendant of Thierry Herm\u00e8s who founded the legendary luxury house Herm\u00e8s in 1937, has officially begun the processes of formally adopting his 51-year-old anonymous former gardener. With this in mind, Puech has plans to leave him with half of his fortune, tallying up to approximately $11 billion USD in fortune and $5.9 million USD in properties around the world. <\/p>\n
Puech currently commands a large proportion of shares in the $220-billion USD valued luxury brand and is considered to be one of Switzerland’s wealthiest individuals. With an estimated net worth of $10.3 billion to $11.4 billion USD, Puech has no children and is attempting to cancel a “succession agreement” he had agreed with a charity he established back in 2011. Besides this, Puech has initiated legal proceedings to formalize the adoption of his gardener, forming a crucial part of his revised estate arrangements.<\/p>\n
According to reports, the man who is expected to inherit half of Puech’s fortune was his “former gardener and handyman” and comes from a “modest Moroccan family.” The gardener is reportedly married to a woman from Spain with two children of their own. As a part of the inheritance, the gardener stands to gain substantial properties in Marrakesh, Morocco and Montreux, Switzerland valued at $5.9 million. <\/p>\n