Mary Alice Dorrance Malone

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Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
Born1949/1950(age 72–73)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Arizona
Known forlargest shareholder, Campbell Soup Company
Board member of Campbell Soup Company
Spouse(s)Stuart Malone (divorced, mid-1990s)
Children2
Relatives John Thompson Dorrance (grandfather)
John Dorrance III (brother)

Mary Alice Dorrance Malone is an American billionaire and heiress to the Campbell Soup Company fortune.

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Early life

Mary Alice Dorrance is the daughter of John T. "Jack" Dorrance Jr (died 1989), the last Dorrance to run Campbell, and the granddaughter of John Thompson Dorrance. [1] She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona. [2]

Career

When her father died in 1989, she and her two brothers shared roughly one-third of the company. [1]

Malone is the Campbell Soup Company's largest shareholder, and a board member, along with her brother Bennett Dorrance, a Phoenix real estate developer. [2] [1] Her other brother is John Dorrance III. [1]

Personal life

She was married to Stuart Malone, divorced in the mid-1990s, has two children, and lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] [4]

From 2009 to 2010, she was the victim of an extortion attempt by her "longtime cook, traveling companion and confidante", involving "a tell-all book and movie about the heiress's personal life". [5] [3] [4]

Malone is "devoted to equestrian sports, she owns expansive estates and performance centers in Pennsylvania and Florida." [2]

In 2006, Malone purchased an oceanfront home in Barnegat Light, New Jersey.

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