Paris: At Home in the 7th

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Near the tower

Paris’s 7th arrondissement, a wedge along the Left Bank, has some of the city’s leading tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower and the Musée d’Orsay, J. S. Marcus reports on wsj.com.

But when the tourists depart for the evening, the CEOs head there for home, he recently wrote.

“The whole CAC 40 now lives in the 7th,” says Louis Benech, a Parisian landscape architect, referring to the French key stock index and the people who run the listed companies.

Mr. Benech’s clients in the 7th arrondissement include François Pinault, the entrepreneur and honorary chairman of Kering, the Paris-based conglomerate that controls brands such as Gucci and Saint Laurent.        

  

Bernard Arnault , chairman of LVMH and its stable of brands like Dior and Louis Vuitton, also has a home there.

For a slide show of the area, including a look at some of its wonderful homes: http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-the-7th-paris-is-earning-1422544576