Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
London, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar | Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Leiden
Netherlands
Heineken
$16,500,000,000
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#89 Billionaires 2019
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken is one of the richest women in the world, thanks to her 23% controlling stake in beer giant Heineken.Now an executive director, she inherited the Heineken stake in 2002 from her late father, longtime CEO Freddy Heineken.Her husband Michel, an investment banker, is on Heineken's supervisory board.
Charlene's great-grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken opened a brewery in Amsterdam 150 years ago. Heineken sells 250 brands of beer across the globe including Red Stripe and Lagunitas.
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