Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Swiss businessperson (born 1962)
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- Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (née Bogdanova ; born 1 July 1962) is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairperson of the Louis-Dreyfus Group.
- Career When her husband, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, died of leukemia on July 4, 2009, she became heiress to the Louis-Dreyfus group and at the same time a majority shareholder of Marseille, a football club her husband had owned since 1996.
- 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 club, Marseille, owned by Louis-Dreyfus.
- Personal life In 1988, on a Zurich to London flight, she met Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
- Margarita, who had been working for a circuit-board equipment seller, became a full-time wife and mother.
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (née Bogdanova; born 1 July 1962) is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairperson of the Louis-Dreyfus Group.
Early life
Born Margarita Olegovna Bogdanova (Russian: Маргарита Олеговна Богданова) in Leningrad, she was raised by her grandfather, an electrical engineer, and studied law in Moscow and economics in Leningrad.
Career
When her husband, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, died of leukemia on July 4, 2009, she became heiress to the Louis-Dreyfus group and at the same time a majority shareholder of Marseille, a football club her husband had owned since 1996. Her husband had integrated her into the management of the group in 2007, when he learned of the existence of his illness.
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 club, Marseille, owned by Louis-Dreyfus. The purchase deal was completed for a reported price tag of 45 million euros on 17 October 2016.
Personal life
In 1988, on a Zurich to London flight, she met Robert Louis-Dreyfus. They married in 1992 and had three sons, including Kyril who is the chairman and majority shareholder of English Premier League football club, Sunderland. Margarita, who had been working for a circuit-board equipment seller, became a full-time wife and mother. She took over as chairman of the Louis Dreyfus Group in 2009, following her husband's death from leukemia.
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