Michel de Carvalho

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Michel de Carvalho
Born
Michel Ray Popper

(1944-07-21) 21 July 1944 (age 81)
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
Spouse Charlene Heineken (m. 1983)
Children5

Michel Ray de Carvalho (born Michel Ray Popper; 21 July 1944) is a British financier, private banker, former Olympic skier and luger, and former child actor in films such as The Brave One , The Tin Star , and Lawrence of Arabia (under the name Michel Ray).

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Early life

Born Michel Ray Popper in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire on 21 July 1944. De Carvalho's father was a Brazilian diplomat and his mother was British. His legal father was Heino Popper (b. 1906/7), leather merchant (son of Alfred Popper (8 March 1882 - Burlington, New Jersey, January 1968?), leather merchant in Berlin, and his wife), married in Marylebone, London, on 25 May 1937 to Anne "Annie" Lisser (b. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1905/6), who was married firstly to and divorced Max Pam. His maternal grandparents were Alfred Lisser, banker in Hamburg (Lisser & Rosenkranz), Chairman of the Representatives' Council of the German-Israelite Community of Hamburg, and his wife Elsa Philip. [1]

He appeared in several films as a child and teenager, including the 1962 epic film Lawrence of Arabia (where he played the character Farraj, Lawrence's personal servant and childhood friend), The Divided Heart in 1954, The Tin Star with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins in 1957, and The Brave One in 1956 where he plays a young Mexican boy who tries to rescue his pet bull from being killed by a champion bullfighter. [2] [3]

He quit acting to attend Harvard University, which he later described as "just about the most stupid decision" he ever made. [4] Nevertheless, de Carvalho graduated from Harvard and then earned an MBA degree from the same university. [5]

De Carvalho represented Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in skiing, and luge at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics. [6] In May 2013 he was named President of British Skeleton. [7]

Career

De Carvalho was the vice-chairman of investment banking at Citigroup, where he chaired Citi Private Bank in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, a post to which he was appointed in November 2009. [8] [5]

He worked previously at HBS, Credit Suisse and Nikko Securities. [5]

On 23 April 2015 he became the Executive Director at Heineken Holding N.V., but remains active as board member or director of several other business ventures. [9]

In 2018 Carvalho was appointed chairman of CapGen. [10]

Personal life

He married Dutch Heineken heiress Charlene Heineken [6] in Perroy in 1983. In 2002 Charlene inherited a fortune of £3 billion ($4.8bn) upon the death of her father, Freddy Heineken. [4] They have five children (two sons and three daughters, including twins, born between 1984 and 1991): [6] [11] [12]

  1. Alexander Alfred Charles de Carvalho (b. London, 9 December 1984), married in London on 26 November 2016 to Stephanie Teresita Francisca Maria Annunciata Walpurga Thekla, Gräfin und Edle Tochter von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (b. Vienna, 25 February or November 1984), daughter of Alexander Franz Josef Maria Jakob Dionysius Johann Nepomuk, Graf und Edler Herr von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (b. Zurich, 9 October 1947) and his wife (m. Vienna, 26 September 1981) Maria/Maya/Maija Caroline Spann (b. Vienna, 7 July 1958), by whom he has issue, one son:
    1. Hugo de Carvalho-Heineken, b. 2018).
  2. Louisa Lucile H. de Carvalho (b. London, July 1986), married at Cap d'Antibes on 7 October 2017 to Hugo Timothy Brassey (b. 29 July 1982/1988), son of Anthony Hugh Owen Brassey (b. 5 January 1945) and his wife Sarah/Susan Sigri Fuglesang,
  3. Isabel Catherine C. de Carvalho (b. London, November 1987)
  4. Sophie Charlene V. de Carvalho (b. London, November 1987)
  5. Charles Andrew George de Carvalho (b. London, August 1990)

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Partial filmography

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "The Heirs of Europe: HEINEKEN". The Heirs of Europe. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Sellers, Patricia (17 December 2014). "The mysterious banker behind the world's best-known beer". Fortune Magazine. No. 22 December 2014. Time Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Michel Ray-Actor". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Rossingh, Danielle (26 February 2003). "Heineken heiress remains a mystery". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 30 December 2014. Mrs de Carvalho inherited a £3bn ($4.8bn) fortune, making her the richest woman in the Netherlands, overtaking Queen Beatrix.
  5. 1 2 3 Sellers, Patricia. "The mysterious banker behind the world's best-known beer". Fortune. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Sellers, Patricia (3 December 2014). "Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress". Fortune Magazine. No. 22 December 2014. Time Inc. 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.
  7. ↑ Goddard, Emily (2 May 2013). "Triple Olympian named as British Skeleton President with champion as vice-president". insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News. insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Citi names private bank chairman for EMEA". Reuters. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Stocks (broken link)". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Olympian, actor… wealth manager? Meet Michel de Carvalho, one half of Britain's ninth richest couple". www.spearswms.com. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Lalah, Nashana (9 March 2017). "Red Stripe fetes Heineken family". The Gleaner . Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "The Naked City S1.E26 1959 A Running of Bulls". IMDb. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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