A biography for Alain Wertheimerhasn’t been written yet.
“We're in the business of selling pleasure. We don't sell handbags or haute couture. We sell dreams.”
“I spoke to the 'Wine Spectator' because that's PR; that's how you sell wine.”
“I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.”
“We have a bad habit of not being able to do things cheap.”
“Horses are the brand value of 'Wertheimer Freres.'”