The 53-year-old chairwoman of French conglomerate Louis Dreyfus
Commodities and widow of French businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus is
expecting twin girls in early April. Margarita and Robert, who married
in 1992 had three sons, Eric and twins Kyril and Maurice, before he died
of leukemia in 2009.
Margarita, who was working as a circuit-board-equipment seller when they
wed, became a full time wife and mother. However, before his death,
Robert set up a family trust called Akira BV to hold his majority stake
in the privately held, Amsterdam-based company, naming Margarita the
family trustee.
The expectant mother is currently dating Swiss banker Philipp
Hildebrand, 52, the vice chairman of US investment manager BlackRock,
however she has not confirmed or not he is the father of her unborn
children.
In a statement made via her company, Margarita confirmed that she plans
on continuing her duties as non-executive chairwoman until the birth,
before taking a brief maternity leave and returning to work full time in
late April.
The Russian-born businesswoman gained Swiss nationality through her
first marriage before she met Robert in 1988 on a flight to London from
Zurich.
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