Profil Financier
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus & family occupe actuellement le rang #755 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur food & beverage). Fortune nette estimée : $5.6 B (+$191 sur 24h).
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is the majority owner and chairwoman of agricultural commodities giant Louis-Dreyfus.
Her husband Robert Louis-Dreyfus died of leukemia in 2009, leaving her a 70% stake in the business, which was founded in 1851.
She reportedly pledged her shares to take out a $1 billion loan in 2019 to buy out minority stakes owned by family members. In 2021, she sold a 45% stake in the company to Abu Dhabi-based investment firm ADQ.
In 2016, she sold French soccer team Olympique Marseille to former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, but held onto a 5% stake.
Born and raised in Russia, Louis-Dreyfus was reportedly orphaned at age 11 when her parents died in a train crash.
Before meeting Robert on a flight in 1988, she sold computer parts.