Dona Bertarelli | |
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Born | Rome, Italy | 3 March 1968
Other names | Donata |
Citizenship | Swiss |
Occupation(s) | Businessperson, sailor |
Spouse | Yann Guichard |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Ernesto Bertarelli (brother) |
Website | donabertarelli |
Dona Bertarelli[a] (born 1968) is a Swiss entrepreneur, philanthropist and ocean advocate. She is co-chair of the Bertarelli Foundation, founder of Sails of Change,[3] co-founder of the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy[4] and founder of Global Fishing Watch Marine Manager.[5] She is a Patron of Nature of the IUCN. As a sailor, she is the winner of the 2010 and 2014 Bol d'Or Mirabaud[6] and, with her team Spindrift Racing, the Fastnet Race in 2013. In the same year, she and her team also broke the record for the America Discovery Route. In the winter 2016 she completed the Jules Verne Trophy challenge.[7]
In 2023 she was distinguished as a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France and as a Commander of the national Order of Honorato Vásquez of Ecuador.[8]
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