Name
Maja Oeri
Primary Residence
Basel, Switzerland
Citizenship
Switzerland
Source Of Wealth
Pharmaceuticals
Net Worth
$2,500,000,000
Forbes Profile
Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:
962
Forbes List Rank One: Title
#962 Billionaires 2019
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Summary
Maja Oeri is a descendant of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, founder of Switzerland-based pharma behemoth Roche. Oeri joined the Forbes billionaires ranks in 2013 after pulling her 5% stake in the company out of the family pool in 2011.Her share sales diminished the family's majority control in the maker of blockbuster drugs like Tamiflu and Valium.Oeri, who studied art history in college, serves as a trustee of the MoMa, the Dia Art Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Did you know?
Together with her husband, Oeri initiated the Laurenz Foundation, supporting the fine arts, in 1999. It's named after their first-born son, who died young.A huge patron of the arts, the Swiss native was named one of the 200 most important art collectors in the world by Artnews.
Age
64
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