Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
Jeannette Catherine, Hereditary Princess of Fürstenberg (née Griesel;[2] born 10 September 1982) is a German businesswoman and entrepreneur.
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Hereditary Princess of Fürstenberg | |||||
Born | Jeannette Catherine Griesel[1] 10 September 1982 Munich, Bavaria Germany | ||||
Spouse | Christian, Hereditary Prince of Fürstenberg | ||||
Issue | Prince Tassilo Princess Maria Cecilia Prince Tristan | ||||
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House | Fürstenberg | ||||
Occupation | businesswoman, entrepreneur |
Early life and education
Zu Fürstenberg was born on 10 September 1982 in Munich, Bavaria. Her family is originally from Duisburg and owns the measuring technology company Krohne Messtechnik.[3] She studied communications and economics at university in Munich. She studied economics in London and Paris, graduating with a master's degree from the European Business School Paris.[4] She completed a doctorate in business administration with a focus in entrepreneurship and art during the Renaissance at the Free University of Berlin.[5][4]
Career
She has worked for Ernst & Young, Synthesis, and AXA. She is a founding partner at La Famiglia, a European-based venture capital investment vehicle for internet and tech start-up companies.[6][7] She helped start the company in 2013 and has served as an investor, adviser, and as a managing partner.[8][9][10] She is the founder of AMAZE, a shopping app for smartphones geared towards fashion bloggers.[11]
In 2011, Zu Fürstenberg and her husband founded Fürstenberg Contemporary, a fellowship programme that promotes annual temporary exhibitions of young, emerging artists's work that is focused on international discourse.[12][13]
Personal life
On 16 September 2010 she married Christian, Hereditary Prince of Fürstenberg in a civil ceremony in Donaueschingen. They had a religious ceremony on 25 September 2010 in Rome.[14] Her husband is the oldest son and heir apparent of Heinrich, Prince of Fürstenberg. She gave birth to their first child, Prince Tassilo, on 24 December 2012; their second child, Princess Maria Cecilia, on 11 March 2015; and their third child, Prince Tristan, on 22 November 2018.[6][15][16][17]
She began playing polo in 2010, and co-founded the Fürstenberg Polo Club with her husband later that year.[18][19]
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- "BABYFREUDEN IM HAUS FÜRSTENBERG: Prinz Christian und Jeannette zum dritten Mal Eltern geworden". Gala. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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