Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken & family

$14.01B

as of 06/30/24

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken is one of the richest women in the world, thanks to her nearly 24% stake in beer giant Heineken.

She inherited the Heineken stake in 2002 from her late father, longtime CEO Freddy Heineken.

Charlene, husband Michel de Carvalho, sons Charles and Alexander de Carvalho and daughter Louisa Brassey all sit on Heineken boards.

Charlene's mother, Martha Lucille Heineken-Cummins, died on Christmas Eve of 2020.

Netherlands

Heineken

London, United Kingdom

Married

06/30/54 (age 70)

Drop Out, University of Leiden

inherited

233K

215K

140K

0.28%

0.056%

0.041%

Charlene's great-grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken opened a brewery in Amsterdam more than 150 years ago.