Dona Bertarelli
$7.44B
as of 01/18/26
About Dona Bertarelli
The bulk of Dona Bertarelli's wealth comes from the 2007 sale of her family's biotech business Serono for over $13 billion.
In the 1990s Dona was Serono's executive director of public and professional affairs.
Her brother Ernesto is the richest man in Switzerland. They split ownership of most family assets.
She now focuses her time on marine conservation efforts and is a special adviser to the United Nations.
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SwitzerlandSource of wealth
Biotech and investmentsResidence
Gstaad, SwitzerlandBirth date
01/01/68 (age 58)Self-made
inheritedDona Bertarelli’s fortune is worth
124K
troy ounces of gold
114K
median U.S. household
74K
median U.S. income
0.149%
U.S. credit card volume
0.03%
GDP of the United States
0.022%
United States debt
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Bertarelli became the fastest woman to sail around the world when her team raced for the Jules Verne Trophy in 2016.
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