Sindika Dokolo
Sindika Dokolo ( born May 16, 1972 in Kinshasa, Zaire ) is a Congolese art collector and businessman. He is married to the Angolan president's daughter Isabel dos Santos.
Biography
Sindika Dikolo grew up in Belgium and France. His parents are originally from the Congo, self-made man, banker, millionaire and avid art collector Dokolo Augustine and his Danish wife Hanne Kruse. He graduated from the Lycée Saint -Louis -de- Gonzage in Paris and later studied economics, commerce and foreign languages at the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris.
Encouraged by his father's initiative to Sindika Dokolo dedicated at the age of 15 years, the collection of African art. In 1995 he decided to return to the former Zaire to work on the widely ramified family business activities, which consisted of at least 17 companies in different sectors (banking, animal husbandry, fisheries, coffee export, real estate, consumer goods, retail, transportation, printing, insurance, mining and vehicle trade ). But the country fell into disrepair and the stores were lost. The companies were also nationalized in 1986 still under President Mobutu Sese Seko. After the death of his father Sindika Dokolo took the leftover family interests in 2001.
Since 2003, he is married to the eldest daughter of the Angolan president, José Eduardo dos Santos.
Interest in art
Later he founded his foundation (Portuguese: Fundação Sindika Dokolo ) to promote African culture and art. The aim of the foundation is to create a center for contemporary art in Luanda, issued in which not only pieces of contemporary African art but also the conditions and activities are created which are necessary to integrate African artists in the international circles of the art world.
This was followed by cultural festivals in Luanda, in 2006 an exhibition of the Institute of Modern Art in Valencia. Caused a stir then in 2007 a very controversial issue (title: Checklist Luanda Pop ) at the Biennale in Venice ( Italy). Sindika Dokolo had an Angolan artist by the widow of German art collector and shoe manufacturer Hans Bogatzke - acquired over 2 decades gathered collection of African art from more than a thousand paintings, video and sculpture at the price of 600,000 dollars more than that - under very dubious circumstances three times the value was. This was exhibited in Venice. An attribution of the source of valuable pieces of African art was not, which led to greater irritation.
On 25 January 2009 intended as part of the 434th anniversary of the city foundation of Luanda, with a large exhibition sponsored by him. The exhibition of photographs, paintings and other art objects called Luanda Suave e Frenetica. Many Angolan artist reflected in various ways a " lively and smooth " city.
Business interests
Sindika Dokolo also exerts diverse business activities in Angola. He is a member of the board of the cement company Nova Cimangola. Sindika Dokolo is also a member of the board of Amorim Energia. About the Holding Esperanza, which is part of the Angolan oil company Sonangol and his wife Isabel dos Santos, she holds a third of the Portuguese oil and gas producer Galp Energia.
Sindika Dokolo lives with his wife Isabel dos Santos in Luanda. He spends his time but often in Kinshasa to attend the Familiengschäfte in his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo.