Pamela Mars-Wright

Pamela Mars-Wright
Born 1960
Alma mater Vassar College: B.A./BSc
Occupation Businesswoman
Net worth $5.9 billion (as of 2018-03-06)
Children three children
Parent(s) Forrest Mars, Jr.
Virginia Cretella
Relatives siblings: Marijke Mars, Valerie Mars and Victoria B. Mars

Pamela Diane Mars-Wright (b. Mars,[1] 1960[2][3]) is an American businesswoman and billionaire heiress.[4][2] Previously, she has served as been e.g. the chairman of the board of Mars Inc.. Currently she works e.g. as a supervisory board member of Dutch brewing company Heineken International.[5]

Mars-Wright is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was late Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Marijke Mars, Valerie Mars and Victoria B. Mars.[6] She inherited about 8 percent stake of Mars Inc. in 2016, which made her a billionaire. According to Forbes, her shares were valued worth of $5.9 billion (March 2018).[4][7]

Mars-Wright graduated (B.A./BSc) from Vassar College.[4][2] She has held several roles within Mars Inc. She started as an operations suprevisor in 1986, then she became plant director manager at the company's petcare factory followed by a position as manufacturing director at Mars Australia. After a sabbatical she joined Mars Inc. as a member of the board of directors in 2001 and served also as the chairman of the board (2004–2008).[8] She was a board member of Mars Inc. also in 2015 and was promoting sustainability.[9] Today, she works as the family's ambassador to the Mars petcare division.[4]

She is married and has three children.[4][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Weddings; Pamela Mars, Lonnie Wright". The New York Times, nytimes.com. 1993. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pam Mars-Wright". Bloomberg Billionaire Index, bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Pamela Mars-Wright Net Worth: $8.29 Billion". The Richest, therichest.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "296. Pamela Mars". Forbes, forbes.com. March 6, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Heineken N.V. to nominate Mrs. Pamela Mars-Wright and Mrs. Yonca Brunini as Supervisory Board members". theheinekencompany.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ Emily Langer (July 27, 2016). "Forrest E. Mars Jr., enigmatic steward of family confectionery, dies at 84". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  7. ↑ "The World's Billionaires 2018, Women". Forbes, forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  8. ↑ Marc Smith (October 6, 2008). "World exclusive: Pamela Mars-Wright on life at Mars, Inc". Campden Wealth, campdenfb.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  9. ↑ "Pamela Mars-Wright: "I want to leave a sustainable planet for my children"". mars.com. September 2015. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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