Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
| Margarita Louis-Dreyfus | |
|---|---|
 Margarita Louis-Dreyfus in 2011. | |
| Born |
Margarita Bogdanova 1 July 1962 Leningrad, USSR (now St Petersburg, Russia) |
| Residence | Zurich (Zollikon), Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Known for | Chairman of Louis Dreyfus Group |
| Net worth | US$9.5 billion (October 2016)[1] |
| Spouse(s) |
Robert Louis-Dreyfus (m. 1992; d. 2009) |
| Partner(s) | Philipp Hildebrand |
| Children | 5 |
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (born 1 July 1962) is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairman of Louis Dreyfus.
Early life
Born Margarita Bogdanova in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), she grew up in an orphanage and studied in a trade school as a retail accountant.
Career
On 29 August 2016, Louis-Dreyfus and the Marseille mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin, stated during a press conference with Frank McCourt that McCourt had agreed in principle to purchase the French Ligue 1 football team, Olympique de Marseille, owned by Louis-Dreyfus. The purchase deal was completed for a reported price tag of 45 million euros on 17 October 2016.[2][3][4]
Personal life
In 1988, on a Zurich to London flight, she met Robert Louis-Dreyfus. They married in 1992. Margarita, who had been working for a circuit-board equipment seller, became a full-time wife and mother.[5] She took over as chairman of the Louis Dreyfus Group in 2009, following her husband's death from leukemia.[6]
In 2016, she had a net worth of $9.5 billion. She is a Swiss citizen living in Zurich with her three sons (Éric born in 1992, and twins, Maurice and Kyril, born in 1998), according to Forbes.[6] Her partner is Philipp Hildebrand, the former head of the Swiss central bank.[7] She gave birth to twin girls on March 21, 2016.[8]
References
- ↑ "Margarita Louis-Dreyfus & family".
- ↑ "Former LA Dodgers owner McCourt to buy Marseille". 29 August 2016 – via Reuters.
- ↑ Times, Los Angeles. "French soccer club thinks Frank McCourt led Dodgers to 'tremendous economic success'".
- ↑ "Marseille: Frank McCourt promises £180m investment after buying Ligue 1 club". BBC. 17 October 2016.
- ↑ Katz, Alan (31 January 2012). "Louis-Dreyfus Widow Chairman Ousts Men Running Commodities Giant". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Margarita Louis-Dreyfus". Forbes. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Louis Dreyfus Chairwoman, Pregnant With Twins, Plans Leave". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ "Margarita Louis-Dreyfus gives birth to twins". Retrieved 21 March 2016.