Following Meta’s layoffs earlier this month, Arnault, the head of the luxury goods conglomerate that controls brands like Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and Sephora, likened Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s move to let go of low-performing workers to layoffs at Tiffany’s.

"It's clear that we are being strongly pushed by the American authorities to continue to build out our presence," Bernard Arnault told reporters.