Margarita Louis-Dreyfus


Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairperson of Louis Dreyfus.

Early life

Born Margarita Olegovna Bogdanova in Leningrad, she was raised by her grandfather, an electrical engineer, and studied law in Moscow and economics in Leningrad.

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.

Personal life

In 1988, on a Zurich to London flight, she met Robert Louis-Dreyfus. They married in 1992 and had three sons. 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.
In 2016, she had a net worth of $9.5 billion. She is a Swiss citizen living in Zurich with her three sons, according to Forbes. Her partner is Philipp Hildebrand, the former head of the Swiss central bank. She gave birth to twin girls on 21 March 2016.
Margarita is the second cousin once removed of American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.