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Marie-Jeanne Meyer (born 1942) is a French billionaire and member of the Louis Dreyfus family.
Marie-Jeanne Meyer | |
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Born | Marie-Jeanne Louis Dreyfus 1942 (age 81–82) |
Citizenship | French |
Known for | minority shareholder of Louis Dreyfus Group |
Spouse | Philippe Meyer |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Jean Louis-Dreyfus Jeanne Madeline Depierre |
Relatives | Monique Roosmale Nepveu (sister) Robert Louis-Dreyfus (brother) |
Born Marie-Jeanne Louis-Dreyfus, she was one of three children born to Jean and Jeanne Madeline (née Depierre) Louis-Dreyfus. Her brother is Robert Louis-Dreyfus and her sister is Monique Roosmale Nepveu.[1][2] Her father was Jewish and her mother Roman Catholic.[3] She is the great granddaughter of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of the Louis-Dreyfus Group, which had begun buying and selling wheat in the Alsace region a century earlier, and rapidly diversified into shipping, oil and other commodities.[4] Her grandfather was Louis Louis-Dreyfus who served in the French Parliament during the French Third Republic.[5] After the death of her brother Robert, his widow and second wife Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (b: Rita Bogdanova), inherited 60% of the Louis Dreyfus Group[6] (later increased to 65% in 2012).[7] As of 2013, Marie-Jeanne owned 12.5% of the Louis Dreyfus Group making her a billionaire.[7][8] In 2009, she founded the venture capital company Florac SAS.[9]
As of March 2015, she had a net worth of US$1.5 billion.[10]
She is married to Philippe Meyer.[1] They have three children.[10]
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is her cousin.
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