Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

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Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
Born
Charlene Heineken

(1954-06-30) 30 June 1954 (age 69)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar
Alma mater Leiden University
Spouse Michel de Carvalho
Children5
Parent(s) Freddy Heineken
Lucille Cummins

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 30 June 1954) is a Dutch billionaire businesswoman, and the owner of a 25% controlling interest in the world's second-largest brewer, Heineken N.V. She is the richest person in the Netherlands, with a net worth of $16.7 billion as of May 2021, according to the Forbes billionaires list. [1]

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Early life

Charlene Heineken was born on 30 June 1954, the daughter of Freddy Heineken, a Dutch industrialist, and Lucille Cummins, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers. She was educated at Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar, followed by a law degree from Leiden University. [1]

Career

She owns a 25% controlling stake in Dutch brewer Heineken, of which she is also an executive director. [2]

The biannual Heineken Prize for cognitive science is named after her. [3]

Personal life

She is married to Michel de Carvalho, a financier and director of Citigroup, whom she met on a ski holiday in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [4] He is known for portraying T.E. Lawrence's ill-fated servant Farraj in the 1962 film classic Lawrence of Arabia as a teen, and he is currently a member of the supervisory board of Heineken NV. They reside in London with their five children. [1] [5] [6]

Upon the death of her father in 2002, she inherited about £3 billion, making her the wealthiest person with Dutch citizenship. [7] [8] In 2019, the Sunday Times Rich List ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK named her the wealthiest woman and the 7th overall, with an estimated fortune of £12 billion. [9] De Carvalho's wealth in 2021 was estimated by Forbes at $16.7 billion making her 116th among the world's billionaires. [10]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken". Forbes. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Age Gate". Theheinekencompany.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Foundation for Cognitive Science". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Sellers, Patricia (3 December 2014). "Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2014. While women in the Netherlands generally attach their maiden name to their married name, Charlene, as a London resident, had dropped "Heineken" from her surname.
  5. ↑ Sellers, Patricia (3 December 2014). "Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress". Fortune . Retrieved 3 June 2022. All in the family: How to pass on a company to the next generation. The de Carvalho family (...) Alexander (...) Louisa, Charles, Sophie, and Isabel.
  6. ↑ Lalah, Nashana (9 March 2017). "Red Stripe fetes Heineken family". The Gleaner . Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Rossingh, Danielle (26 February 2003). "Heineken heiress remains a mystery". BBC News. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  8. ↑ The Daily Telegraph - Sunday Times Rich List 2010: Britain's richest see wealth rise by one third, 2010-04-24
  9. ↑ "The Rich List: At last, the self-made triumph over old money". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World". Forbes. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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