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Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault, a former engineer and builder, is now the richest man in Europe. Bernard Arnault owns LVMH holding and strives to be both timeless and extremely modern.

This is probably why the billionaire prefers French comedies. In one of the interviews, Arnaud mentioned "Aliens" starring Jean Reno. He also likes action-packed films such as the detective thriller "The Fugitive", a neo-noir film of the 90s with Harrison Ford.

Elon Musk

The founder of SpaceX, the head of Tesla, and the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, has been fond of science fiction since his childhood. Therefore, it is not surprising that he declared his love of the early "Star Wars". It was the first film he saw about the conquest of space. He named the Falcon rockets after the spacecraft of the main character, Han Solo.

The Oscar-winning Korean film "Parasite" as well as the Netflix series "Black Mirror" are also among the billionaire's preferences.

In addition, until 2019, Musk was directly involved in cinema: he was an executive producer of 5 films and documentaries and starred in several films and TV series, including voicing Elon Tusk in the fantastic animated series "Rick and Morty".

Mark Zuckerberg

Another fan of "Star Wars" is the founder of the world's largest social network Facebook, the genius of our time, Mark Zuckerberg. He demonstrates his love of this series of films every year on May 4, arranging a "Star Wars" day at the Facebook headquarters and inviting his favorite characters of the series to an unforgettable meeting.

In his blog, Mark periodically posts photos of his family members in costumes of Obi-Wan, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Jedi, and Sith with lightsabers. This is how the atmosphere of the legendary series is transmitted to the billionaire's growing daughters.

In addition to "Star Wars", Zuckerberg expresses great interest in the series of films "The Godfather" based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo.

Bill Gates

The creator of Microsoft is a big fan of cinema. He often recalls a period of his life when he left his office for lunch at a cinema.

Being a close friend of famous investor Warren Buffett, Bill Gates never ceases to admire him. That is why he recommends watching the movie "Becoming Warren Buffett" to even those who know the Oracle of Omaha well. Director of the film Peter W. Kunhardt introduces the audience to the main aspects of the biography of the world-famous financier, revealing his main features.

Bill considers Robert Redford's Oscar-winning drama "Ordinary People", filmed in 1980, to be his favorite film.

Warren Buffett

In an interview, the legend of the stock market, Warren Buffett, said that his favorite film is "The Bridge over the River Kwai", a war drama made in 1957. The film received 7 Academy Awards.

It describes the construction of the Japanese Death Road in the midst of World War II. Here, in the mountains of Burma and Thailand, under the monsoon rains in the tropical jungle, exhausted from cholera, malaria, dysentery, hunger, and the monstrous cruelty of the imperial army, a quarter of a million slaves built a railway in a year.

Although the founder of the Berkshire Hathaway financial holding prefers good books to films, he learned many useful lessons from this film, including the price that was paid for this complex engineering project.

Jeff Bezos

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos does not unveil a list of his favorite movies but finds time for them.

In 2018, he and his children were impressed by the fantastic action movie "Rampage" starring Dwayne Johnson. By the way, this is Bezos' favorite actor, with whom the entrepreneur finds a lot in common, including some similarities in appearance.

The adventure film adapts the video game series of the same name, where three monsters epically destroy everything in cities, evading people who try to stop them.