Miuccia Prada

Miuccia Bianchi Prada
Prada in 2011
Born
Maria Bianchi

(1949-05-10) 10 May 1949 (age 75)
Milan, Italy
EducationUniversity of Milan (BA, PhD)
Occupation(s)Fashion designer, Businessperson
Labels
TitleCo-CEO and head designer, Prada
Spouse
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(m. 1978)​
Children2,[1] including Lorenzo Bertelli
RelativesMario Prada (grandfather)
AwardsCouncil of Fashion Designers of America International Award (1993)

Miuccia Bianchi Prada (Italian: [ˈmjuttʃa ˈpraːda, miˈu-]; born Maria Bianchi [maˈriːa ˈbjaŋki] on 10 May 1949) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu.[1] As of October 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$4.8 billion.[2] In August 2021, Bloomberg estimated her net worth to be $6.6 billion, ranking 430th in the world.[3]

The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, Miuccia Prada took over the family-owned luxury goods manufacturer in 1978. Since then, the company has acquired Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and shoemaker Church & Co.[4][5][6] In 2002, Prada opened her own contemporary art museum.[7]

In March 2013, Prada was named one of the fifty best dressed over-50s by Forbes.[8] The magazine listed her as the 75th most powerful woman in the world in 2014,[9] when she had an estimated net worth of $11.1 billion.[10]

  1. ^ a b Craven, Jo. "Miuccia Prada – Biography". Vogue. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Forbes profile: Miuccia Prada". Forbes. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Miuccia Prada". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ Journal, Deborah BallStaff Reporter of The Wall Street (10 September 1999). "Prada to Buy U.K. Shoemaker Church In Latest Bid to Shift to Luxury Goods". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "PRADA BUYS LANG OUT". British Vogue. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Prada Will Buy Control of Jil Sander". The New York Times. 31 August 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ Alexander, Hilary (15 October 2010). "Miuccia Prada to present the Turner Prize". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  8. ^ Cartner-Morley, Jess; Mirren, Helen; Huffington, Arianna; Amos, Valerie (28 March 2013). "The 50 best dressed over-50s". The Guardian. London.
  9. ^ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Miuccia Prada – In Photos: Billionaires 2014: The World's Richest Women". Forbes. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 18 November 2015.