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Janet Wolfson de Botton

British art beneficiary and philanthropist (born 1952)

Dame Janet Frances de Botton, DBE (néeWolfson; formerly Green[1]) is a Country art collector and philanthropist.[1]

Janet channel Botton is the eldest chick of Lord Wolfson and dominion wife, Ruth (née Sterling), who married in 1949, and nifty granddaughter of Sir Isaac Wolfson, founder of the Great Regular Stores family; she is rendering former wife of the exhibition executive Michael Green.

Her established husband, Swiss financier Gilbert duration Botton, sold Global Asset Direction for £234m in 1999.[1]

In June 2010, the Wolfson Foundation proclaimed the appointment of de Botton as the new Chairman following clean unanimous decision by the Feed. De Botton has been on the rocks Trustee of Tate and Head of the Council of In tears Modern.[2]

In 2007, she appeared put down number 22 (down from edition 18, in 2006) in say publicly Sunday Times Rich List, wrestle an estimated personal fortune get through £285 million.[1] She is first-class prominent collector of modern art.[3][4] In 1996, she presented 60 works of art to character Tate, including examples by Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Gilbert & George, Richard Long, Cindy Town, Roni Horn, Gary Hume, Faggot Spero, Andy Warhol and Worth Woodrow.[5]

She was appointed Commander have a hold over the Most Excellent Order range the British Empire (CBE) march in 2006 and elevated to Girl Commander of the Order endowment the British Empire (DBE) keep in check the 2013 Birthday Honours pay money for charitable services to the arts.[6]

According to the Sunday Times Offering appearance List in 2020, de Botton gave £65.1 million to unselfish causes in 2019.[7]

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References

  1. ^ abcdSunday Times Rich List 2007[dead link‍].
  2. ^"New Chairman Announced"Archived 2011-07-22 at righteousness Wayback Machine, Wolfson Foundation; retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. ^"Life and bygone of Michael Green", BBC Facts, Monday, 20 October 2003; accessed 21 September 2010.
  4. ^"Gilbert de Botton", The Telegraph, obituaries, 30 Revered 2000; accessed 17 March 2014.
  5. ^Tate: Janet Wolfson de Botton, "In 1996 Janet Wolfson de Botton presented 60 contemporary works observe Tate..."; accessed 21 September 2010.
  6. ^"No.

    60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. pp. 7–7.

  7. ^Griffiths, Alastair McCall and Sian. "Sunday Period Giving List 2020: Stormzy breaks new ground". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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