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Yves Bouvier (born 1963) is a Swiss businessman and art handler. Nicknamed the "king of the freeports", he is the President of Natural Le Coultre, an international company specialized in the transportation, storage, scientific analysis, and conservation of works of art, fine wines, vintage cars, and precious metals. He transformed a small family company into the world's largest art shipping and storage business. Bouvier had become best known for his legal battle with Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev over the selling price of several art pieces. However, as of September 14th 2015 he has also been indicted on charges of concealed theft in relation to a number of Picasso paintings that were allegedly stolen from the collection of the artist's step-daughter, Catherine Hutin-Blay. In late September, a new front opened in Bouvier's legal troubles with the revelation of a case against the respected US art consultant, Sandy Heller, a development which shocked many US art world insiders. 〔http://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-oligarchs-legal-battle-over-painting-entangles-u-s-art-consultant-1443362544〕 On 12 November 2015, the Monaco Court of Appeal dismissed his motion to have the case against him thrown out, and Bouvier will now face a criminal trial.〔http://www.globalpost.com/article/6686303/2015/11/12/monaco-gives-go-ahead-million-dollar-art-fraud-trial〕 ==Early life== Yves Bouvier was born on 8 September 1963 in Geneva, and is the son of Jean-Jacques Bouvier. Young Yves Bouvier early developed a passion for art, which he was able to appease by joining his father's company, Natural Le Coultre, in the eighties. Quickly rising in the company, he became assistant manager in 1995 and then managing director in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NATURAL LE COULTRE SA : inscrite le 24 janvier 1946 : Société anonyme ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yves Bouvier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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