Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

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{{Short description|Dutch billionaire}}
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| birth_name = Charlene Lucille Heineken
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|6|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Noordwijk]], Netherlands
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| education = [[Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar]]
| alma_mater = [[Leiden University]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Michel de Carvalho]]|1983}}<ref name="fortune 2014">{{Cite web |url=https://fortune.com/2014/12/17/heineken/ |title=The mysterious banker behind the world's best-known beer |date=17 December 2014 |work=Fortune |last=Sellers |first=Patricia}}</ref>
| children = 5
| parents = [[Freddy Heineken]]<br/>Lucille Cummins
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'''Charlene Lucille de Carvalho-Heineken''' (born 30 June 1954) is a Dutch [[billionaire]] businesswoman, and the owner of a 25% controlling interest in the world's second-largest brewer, [[Heineken N.V.]] As of July 2024, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated her net worth at US$14.1 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/charlene-de-carvalho-heineken/ |title=Forbes profile: Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken |work=Forbes |accessdate=21 July 2024}}</ref>

==Early life==
Charlene Heineken was born on 30 June 1954, the daughter of [[Freddy Heineken]], a Dutch industrialist, and Lucille Cummins, an American from a [[Kentucky]] family of [[bourbon whiskey]] distillers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://heirsofeurope.blogspot.com/2011/06/heineken.html | title=The Heirs of Europe: HEINEKEN | date=June 2011 }}</ref> She was educated at [[Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation|Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar]], followed by a law degree from [[Leiden University]].<ref name="Forbes profile"/>

==Career==
She owns a 25% controlling stake in Dutch brewer [[Heineken International|Heineken]], of which she is also an executive director.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theheinekencompany.com/about-us/heineken-holding-nv/board-of-directors |title=Age Gate |publisher=Theheinekencompany.com |accessdate=2014-02-26 |archive-date=2014-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226003734/http://www.theheinekencompany.com/about-us/heineken-holding-nv/board-of-directors |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The biannual [[Heineken Prizes|Heineken Prize]] for [[cognitive science]] is named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heinekenprizes.com/?p=1501|title=C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Foundation for Cognitive Science|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165358/http://www.heinekenprizes.com/?p=1501|archive-date=2018-09-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She married in [[Perroy]] in 1983 [[Michel de Carvalho]], a British financier and private banker, director of [[Citigroup]] and a former Olympic skier, whom she met on a ski holiday in [[St. Moritz]], Switzerland.<ref name=fort-self-made>{{cite news |last1=Sellers|first1=Patricia |title=Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress |url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/03/heineken-charlene-de-carvalho-self-made-heiress/ |accessdate=2014-12-30 |work=Fortune Magazine |issue= |publisher= |date=December 3, 2014 |quote=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.}}</ref> He is known for portraying [[T. E. Lawrence]]'s ill-fated servant Farraj in the 1962 film classic ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' as a teen, and he is currently a member of the supervisory board of Heineken NV. They reside in London with their five children,<ref name="Forbes profile"/><ref>{{Cite web|first=Patricia|last=Sellers|title=Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress|url=https://fortune.com/2014/12/03/heineken-charlene-de-carvalho-self-made-heiress/|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=3 December 2014|accessdate=3 June 2022|quote=All in the family: How to pass on a company to the next generation. The de Carvalho family (...) Alexander (...) Louisa, Charles, Sophie, and Isabel.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Nashana|last=Lalah|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/social/20170310/red-stripe-fetes-heineken-family|title=Red Stripe fetes Heineken family|work=[[The Gleaner]]|date=9 March 2017|accessdate=4 June 2022}}</ref> Alexander Alfred Charles de Carvalho (b. London, 9 December 1984), married in London on 26 November 2016 to Stephanie Gräfin und Edle Tochter von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg (b. [[Vienna]], 25 February or November 1984), 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, twins Isabel Catherine C. de Carvalho and Sophie Charlene V. de Carvalho (b. London, November 1987) and Charles Andrew George de Carvalho (b. London, August 1990).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://heirsofeurope.blogspot.com/2011/06/heineken.html | title=The Heirs of Europe: HEINEKEN | date=June 2011 }}</ref>

Upon the death of her father in 2002, Charlene inherited about [[Pound sterling|£]]3 billion, making her the wealthiest person with Dutch citizenship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2781221.stm |title=Heineken heiress remains a mystery |work=BBC News |access-date=2010-03-18 | date=2003-02-26 | first=Danielle | last=Rossingh}}</ref><ref>[[The Daily Telegraph]] - [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/7624159/Sunday-Times-Rich-List-2010-Britains-richest-see-wealth-rise-by-one-third.html Sunday Times Rich List 2010: Britain's richest see wealth rise by one third], 2010-04-24</ref> In 2019, the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List 2019|Sunday Times Rich List]]'' ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK named her the wealthiest woman and the 7th overall, with an estimated fortune of £12 billion.<ref name="richlist2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/sunday-times-rich-list-2018-at-last-the-self-made-triumph-over-old-money-0qx8tqvjp|title=The Rich List: At last, the self-made triumph over old money|access-date=13 May 2018|publisher=The Sunday Times}}</ref> Charlene's wealth in 2021 was estimated by Forbes at $16.7 billion making her 116th among the world's billionaires.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Forbes |language=English}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Dutch by net worth]]

==References==
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