Margarita Louis-Dreyfus

  • Title
    Chairperson of Supervisory Board
  • Affiliation
    Louis Dreyfus Holding
  • Age
    54
  • Country
    Switzerland
As chairperson of the holding company she took over following her husband’s death in 2009, Louis-Dreyfus oversees a commodities house called Louis Dreyfus Co., the world’s largest cotton and rice trader and the second-largest sugar trader. The Louis-Dreyfus family holds a majority stake in the company through a trust her late husband set up in Amsterdam. Amid a global crop glut, the trading house turned in dismal results in 2015, with sales tumbling 14% to $55.7 billion and profit plummeting 67%, to $221 million.

Personal Information

CountrySwitzerland
2020 Rank#21 (EMEA)
Newcomer?No

Company Financials

2017 Revenues$55,733
2017 Profits$211
Market Value as of 08/30/18 ($M)n/a