Monique Roosmale Nepveu
Born
Monique Louis Dreyfus

1940 (age 82–83)
NationalityFrench
Known forminority shareholder of Louis Dreyfus Group
SpouseLouis Jan Roosmale Nepveu
Children2
Parent(s)Jean Louis-Dreyfus
Jeanne Madeline Depierre
RelativesMarie-Jeanne Meyer (sister)
Robert Louis-Dreyfus (brother)

Monique Roosmale Nepveu (born 1940) is a French billionaire and member of the Louis Dreyfus family.

Early life

Born Monique Louis-Dreyfus, she was one of three children born to Jean and Jeanne Madeline (née Depierre) Louis-Dreyfus. Her brother is Robert Louis-Dreyfus and her sister is Marie-Jeanne Meyer.[1][2] Her father was Jewish and her mother Roman Catholic.[3] She is the great granddaughter of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of the Louis-Dreyfus Group, which had begun buying and selling wheat in the Alsace region a century earlier, and rapidly diversified into shipping, oil and other commodities.[4] Her grandfather was Louis Louis-Dreyfus who served in the French Parliament during the French Third Republic.[5] After the death of her brother Robert, his widow and second wife Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (born Rita Bogdanova), inherited 60% of the Louis Dreyfus Group[6] (later increased to 65% in 2012).[7] Monique owns 12.5% of the Louis Dreyfus Group making her a billionaire.[7][8]

Personal life

She was married to Louis Jan "Jack" Roosmale Nepveu (August 8, 1928 – April 9, 2013). Her husband, a Dutch commoner born in Pretoria, South Africa was previously engaged to Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria but the wedding did not take place.[9][10] They have two children.[11]

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is her cousin.

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in France: "Biographie Jean Louis-dreyfus" February 2, 2003
  2. ↑ Bourdon, Jean-Claude and Jacques-Olivier Martin Robert Louis-Dreyfus: Les aventures d'un Don Juan des affaires (2007), 293 pages, ISBN 2-35228-003-6
  3. ↑ Paris Match: "“Robert Louis-Dreyfus, un seigneur qui voyait loin et visait haut" by Jacques Veyrat July 8, 2009 (in French) | "...cet agnostique, fils d’un juif et d’une catholique..." / "...this agnostic, the son of a Jew and a Catholic..."
  4. ↑ Pierre Perrone (17 July 2009). "Obituary: Robert Louis-Dreyfus: Businessman who helped resurrect Olympique Marseille football club" (newspaper). The Independent. United Kingdom: Independent News and Media Limited.
  5. ↑ Ancien sénateur des Alpes-Maritimes August 17, 2013
  6. ↑ Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, fr.wikipedia
  7. 1 2 Forbes: "Rising Commodity Prices Created Three Louis-Dreyfus Billionaires" by Zohair Siraj November 7, 2012
  8. ↑ Le Figaro: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, la Tsarine des affaires" 27 Juillet 2013
  9. ↑ Spokane Daily Chronicle: "Princess to Wed" December 12, 2953
  10. ↑ Royal Musings: "Princess Marie Louise to wed " December 12, 1953
  11. ↑ Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Monique Louis Dreyfus August 2014
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