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Margarita Louis–Dreyfus
Louis-Dreyfus and Vincent Labrune at the Trophée des champions 2011.
BornJuly 1, 1962 (age 53)
Leningrad, USSR (now St Petersburg, Russia)
NationalitySwiss
Alma materMoscow State University
Leningrad Institute of Soviet Trade
OccupationBusinesswoman
Known forChairman of Louis Dreyfus Group
Owner of Olympique de Marseille
Spouse
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(m. 1992; died 2009)​
PartnerPhilipp Hildebrand
Children5

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairman of Louis Dreyfus and the owner of Olympique de Marseille football team.

Early life

She was born Margarita Bogdanova in Leningrad (now St Petersburg,), and studied law at Moscow State University, followed by an economics degree from the Leningrad Institute of Soviet Trade.[1]

Personal life

In 1988, on a Zurich to London flight, she met Robert Louis-Dreyfus. They married in 1992, and Margarita, who had been working for a circuit-board equipment seller, became a full-time wife and mother.[1] She took over as chairman of the Louis Dreyfus Group in 2009, following her husband's death from leukemia.[2]

In 2015, she had a net worth of $8.4 billion. She is a Swiss citizen living in Zurich and has three children/sons (Éric born in 1992, and twins, Maurice and Kirill, born in 1998) according to Forbes.[2] Her partner is Philipp Hildebrand, the former head of the Swiss central bank. [3] She gave birth to twin girls on March 21, 2016. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Katz, Alan (31 January 2012). "Louis-Dreyfus Widow Chairman Ousts Men Running Commodities Giant". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Margarita Louis-Dreyfus". Forbes. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Louis Dreyfus Chairwoman, Pregnant With Twins, Plans Leave". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  4. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/21/swiss-billionaire-margarita-louis-dreyfus-birth-twins-53. Retrieved 21 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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