Pierre-Édouard Stérin, a French billionaire with an estimated net worth of €1.4 billion, is advocating for a change in France's inheritance laws that would allow him to leave nothing to his children. Speaking during a Senate inquiry, Stérin expressed his belief that inherited wealth can be detrimental to personal development, stating, 'I don't want to ruin my children.' He argues that the current law, rooted in the Napoleonic Code, mandates that children inherit a significant portion of their parents' wealth, which he sees as a restriction on personal freedom. Stérin, who resides in Belgium as a tax exile, prefers to allocate his fortune to charitable causes. He is also known for his involvement in right-wing political funding in France, aiming to promote a 'liberal conservative' ideology through initiatives that support think tanks and civic groups. Critics have raised concerns about the implications of his political funding on public opinion and campaign-finance regulations. If the law remains unchanged, Stérin's children would inherit hundreds of millions, a prospect he wishes to avoid.