In the LVMH name, what does the letter H represent?

In the LVMH name, the letter H represents Hennessy.

LVMH is an abbreviation formed from Louis Vuitton, Moët, and Hennessy. The group was created in 1987 through the merger of the fashion house Louis Vuitton and the champagne and cognac producer Moët Hennessy. Hennessy is the cognac business founded by Richard Hennessy in 1765.

The company is a large luxury-goods group with brands spanning fashion and leather goods, wines and spirits, perfumes and cosmetics, watches and jewelry, and selective retailing. Louis Vuitton, Moët & Chandon, and Hennessy are among its best-known names, but the group owns or controls many other maisons.

Hermès is a separate French luxury company and is therefore a tempting but incorrect expansion of the H. “Haute couture” is also a fashion term, not part of the corporate name. LVMH is headquartered in Paris and is commonly described as the world's largest luxury-goods company by revenue.