Entrepreneurs and individuals donated 800 million euros for the reconstruction of Notre Dame.

Among donations announced by large French fortunes, he put forward that of the family of Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH luxury goods group, promised 200 million euros.

He also proposed that his company provide "his creative, architectural and financial equipment" to help rebuild and raise funds.

The family Bettencourt, heiress of L Oréal, announced a donation of 200 million euros, a hundred by the company and a hundred by its foundation.

For its part, the family of François Pinault, owner of the Kering Group, which sells brands such as Gucci or Yves Saint Laurent, has announced 100 million euros via his investment company Artemis.

Through the family group, the French giant of advertising JCDecaux is committed to donating 20 million euros.

Martin Bouygues, owner of the Bouygues group, and his brother Olivier say they are "very touched" and will make a "personal donation" of ten million euros through his family holding company, SCDM.

The millionaire Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, who controls the investment companies Fimalac, has also promised ten million euros "for the restoration of the needle, symbol of the cathedral" which collapsed in the fire.

The president of the French oil company Total, Patrick Pouyanné, announced on Twitter that the group, "first boss of the Heritage Foundation", a French private foundation, would make a "special gift" of one hundred million euros.

Through his foundation, Crédit Agricole Bank announced a donation of five million euros, intended for the emergency safeguard measures of the cathedral.

The bank BNP Paribas has announced a donation of 20 million euros, while Crédit Mutuel and the CIC did not specify the amount of their promises.

The IT group Capgemini has announced a million euros, the construction company Vinci said that it would contribute "to some of the funding," but without announcing the amount, the Michelin group will also participate through the foundation.

Medef, the main French employers' organization, asked companies to participate in the collection organized by the Heritage Foundation. The Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME) is "at the disposal of the public authorities to mobilize its national network of craftsmen".

Other companies, such as Groupama, have announced a donation of 1,300 oaks from their Norman forests for the reconstruction of the "roof" of the cathedral., and the company Air France said that it "will transport free all the officials who will participate in the reconstruction".

In a tweet in the United States, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that his company would donate but would not give the amount.

For its part, Brazilian millionaire Lily Safra and the foundation on behalf of her husband Edmond Safra, a Syrian Lebanese banker who died in 1999, announced a donation of 10 million euros.

As well Henry Kravis, co-founder of the US investment fund KKR, and his wife Marie-Josée Kravis, "afflicted by the fire", pledged $ 10 million.

The Hungarian city of Szeged will also pay 10,000 euros because, in 1879, Paris contributed to the reconstruction of this city in the south of the country, devastated by a flood.

In Ivory Coast, the King of Krindjabo, capital of Sanwi Kingdom, in the south-east of the country, promised a donation, but without specifying the amount. A prince of his kingdom was baptized in the cathedral in the eighteenth century.