Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt ( born October 21, 1922 in Paris as Henriette Charlotte Liliane Schueller ) is the main shareholder in the cosmetics group L' Oréal, richest woman in the world and owner of the biggest assets in France. With assets of 30 billion U.S. dollars it stands at number 9 on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world.

Life

The only daughter of Eugène Schueller, the founder of L' Oréal, married in 1950 the French politician André Bettencourt ( 1919-2007 ). They have a daughter, Françoise Bettencourt- Meyers, who is married to Jean -Pierre Meyers and served as a member of the Supervisory Board of L' Oréal.

Liliane Bettencourt inherited her fortune in 1957 after the death of her father. She owns 27.5 % of the company, the Nestlé Group owns 26.4%. The rest is traded on the open stock market. Over the years, various arrangements have been made to keep this ownership structure constant. Until 2004, this was done on the detour through a holding company called Gesparal.

The Bettencourt family lives in Neuilly -sur -Seine and is a publicity-shy. In part, this is attributed to the political controversy that stems from the political involvement of her father with a right-wing splinter party and with the Vichy regime in the 1930s and 1940s.

In December 2008 it was announced that Liliane Bettencourt has given away between 2001 and 2007 nearly one billion euros in the form of paintings, Real Estate, Checks and life insurance to the French photographer François -Marie Banier. She had Banier originally appointed heir. As announced in September 2010, it has its heritage status now canceled again. On 1 December 2009 requested her daughter to put the mother under guardianship.

In summer 2010, Bettencourt hit the headlines, emerged as allegations in the media of illegal party donations to President Nicolas Sarkozy and Labor Minister Eric Woerth. This led to the Bettencourt affair.

In December 2010 it was announced that Liliane Bettencourt had reconciled with her daughter Françoise Bettencourt- Meyers. Françoise would withdraw all proceedings instituted by her court proceedings, in particular the charges against François -Marie Banier. Liliane Bettencourt granted the son Jean -Pierre Meyers and the grandchildren more power in the family holding company, which manages nearly one-third of the L' Oréal shares. In return, their asset managers de Maistre and the artist Banier would " removed " from their environment. But in the summer of 2011 there was another legal battles between Liliane Bettencourt and her daughter Francoise.

On 17 October 2011, the Guardianship Court in Courbevoie in Paris Liliane Bettencourt placed under the guardianship of her eldest grandson, Jean -Victor Meyers. Your assets to be managed by her daughter Francoise Bettencourt- Meyers and her two grandchildren. In June 2011, doctors had noted in a report that Liliane Bettencourt was suffering from memory and impaired consciousness. Her lawyers announced plans to appeal. However, this has no suspensive effect.

In August 2012, Bettencourt sold the D' Arros the Seychelles.