Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer

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Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer
Born1961or1962(age 62–63) [1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEquestrian
Children2
Parent Marion MacMillan Pictet
Relatives William Wallace Cargill (great-great-grandfather)
Whitney MacMillan (maternal uncle)

Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer (born 1961/62) is an American billionaire heiress and equestrian. [2] [3]

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Biography

Early life

She is a great-great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill. [1] Her late mother was Marion MacMillan Pictet. [1] [4]

Career

A show jumper, she won the Prix Credit Suisse at the Geneva International Horse Show in 2011. [3] She also sponsors dressage. [5] [6]

Personal life

She lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California. [1] [2] [5] [7] She is divorced, and has two children. [1] As of May 2022, she was estimated to be worth approximately US$5.5 billion. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Forbes profile: Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer". Forbes. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Juli Weiner, America’s Poor: Mitt Romney Does Not Make Forbes 400 List , Vanity Fair , September 19, 2012
  3. 1 2 "Prix Credit Suisse". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  4. Brian Solomon, The Secretive Cargill Billionaires And Their Family Tree, Forbes , 9/22/2011
  5. 1 2 Winci Acquired for Guenter Seidel to Ride, Eurodressage, 01/01/2013
  6. Off Centerline, Sidelines , January 17, 2013
  7. Lindsay Berreth, Seidel Gets New Grand Prix Ride, The Chronicle of the Horse , January 3, 2013