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| Richest Woman Miuccia Prada Image |
Born May 10, 1949 (age 66)
Milan, Italy
Nationality Italian
Education Ph.D. in political science
Occupation Fashion designer
Religion Roman Catholic
Spouse(s) Patrizio Bertelli
Children 2 sons (born 1988, 1990)
Awards Council of Fashion Designers of America International Award (1993)
Considered style eminence, Miuccia Prada is the co-CEO and lead planner of the satchel and design domain Prada. FORBES has a much lower total assets gauge for her this year (down from $11.1 billion in March 2014) because of new data about stakes in the organization claimed by her kin Alberto and Marina, who are new extremely rich people on the 2015 World's Billionaires rundown. Accordingly, Forbes gauges that Miuccia has a 35% stake in the organization, down from 65% in 2014.
In 1977 Miuccia, Albert and Marina acquired the family design business, established in 1913 by their granddad. Miuccia met Patrizio Bertelli, who ran an extravagance calfskin organization, at a Milan exchange show in 1977 and marked him on as a temporary worker. After a year, they were hitched and Bertelli joined the organization, dealing with the business side of things while pushing Prada into new bearings. (His stake in the organization additionally makes him an extremely rich person.)
In 1986 Prada opened its first store in New York and extended past top of the line bags, satchels, and steamer trunks. A couple of years after the fact, they disclosed a prepared to-wear ladies' gathering and a lower-end brand, Miu. Prada, who has a Ph.D in political science from the University of Milan, brought the organization open with Bertelli in Hong Kong in 2011. She remains immovably in control alongside her spouse.
