After a long battle with leukemia, Margarita’s husband Robert passed away in 2009, leaving her to take over the French commodities giant, Louis-Dreyfus. As chairman, she sold the company’s energy trading business in 2012. This move mixed up management and increased her personal stake. The company has been trying to find a new CEO since April 2014, and deals were underway with Mayo Schmidt, former head of Viterra, but fell through this past December. The Russian-born “tsarina”, as the French press call her, owns the soccer giant Olympique Marseille. It has been reported that in 2014, she outbid offers from Saudi Prince Alwaleed.
After a long battle with leukemia, Margarita’s husband Robert passed away in 2009, leaving her to take over the French commodities giant, Louis-Dreyfus. As chairman, she sold the company’s energy trading business in 2012. This move mixed up management and increased her personal stake. The company has been trying to find a new CEO since April 2014, and deals were underway with Mayo Schmidt, former head of Viterra, but fell through this past December. The Russian-born “tsarina”, as the French press call her, owns the soccer giant Olympique Marseille. It has been reported that in 2014, she outbid offers from Saudi Prince Alwaleed.
No comments:
Post a Comment