Valerie Mars

Valerie Mars
Education Yale University: B.A./B.Sc.; Columbia University: MBA
Occupation Businesswoman
Net worth $5.9 billion (as of 2018-03-06)
Children two
Parent(s) Forrest Mars, Jr.
Virginia Cretella
Relatives siblings: Marijke Mars, Pamela Mars-Wright and Victoria B. Mars

Valerie Anne Mars (born 20 January 1959) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman.[1] In March 2018 Forbes estimated her wealth to be $5.9 billion. She was ranked as the 30th richest woman in the world - a position shared with her three sisters.[2][3]

Valerie Mars is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was late Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Marijke Mars, Pamela Mars-Wright and Victoria B. Mars.[4] 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).[3][2]

She graduated (B.A./B.Sc.) from Yale University and has MBA from Columbia University.[3][1] She is married and has two children.[3][5][1]

She is a senior vice president and head of corporate development for Mars, Inc. Since 2014 she has served as a board member of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.[6][7] She serves also as a board member of Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a Finnish-Swedish stock company (paper industry).[6][8] She is member of the advisory board of Rabobank North America.[6] Her participation in nonprofit organizations include board membership in Conservation International (nature protection)[6][9] and the Open Space Institute (landscape protection, honorary trustee).[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Valerie Mars". Bloomberg Billionaire Index, bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. 1 2 "The World's Billionaires 2018, Women". Forbes, forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The World's Billionaires: 296. Victoria Mars". Forbes. 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ↑ Emily Langer (2016-07-27). "Forrest E. Mars Jr., enigmatic steward of family confectionery, dies at 84". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ↑ "Valerie A. Mars To Wed Teacher". The New York Times. 1984-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Valerie Anne Mars. Non-Executive Director, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V." Bloomberg, bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Valerie A. Mars". Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., fcagroup.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  8. ↑ "Board of Directors". Ahlstrom-Munksjö, ahlstrom-munksjo.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  9. ↑ "Board of Directors". Conservation International, conservation.org. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  10. ↑ "Board of Trustees". Open Space Institute, openspaceinstitute.org. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
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