Valerie Mars

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Valerie Mars
Born (1959-01-20) January 20, 1959 (age 64)
NationalityAmerican
Education Yale University
Columbia University
OccupationBusinesswoman
SpousePhilip Michael White
Children2
Parent(s) Forrest Mars Jr.
Virginia Cretella
Relativessiblings: Marijke Mars, Pamela Mars-Wright and Victoria B. Mars

Valerie Anne Mars (born 20 January 1959) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. [1] As of June 2021, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated her wealth to be $11.5 billion. [1]

Valerie Mars is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was late Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Marijke Mars, Pamela Mars-Wright and Victoria B. Mars. [2] She inherited about 8 percent stake of Mars Inc. in 2016, which made her a billionaire. [3]

She earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University. [3] [1] She is married to Philip Michael White (since 1984), and has two sons. [3] [4] [1] [5] [6]

She is a senior vice president and head of corporate development for Mars, Inc. Since 2014 she has served as a board member of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. [7] [8] She serves also as a board member of Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a Finnish-Swedish stock company (paper industry). [7] [9] She is member of the advisory board of Rabobank North America. [7] Her participation in nonprofit organizations include board membership in Conservation International (nature protection) [7] [10] and the Open Space Institute (landscape protection, honorary trustee). [11]

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