Miuccia Bianchi Prada | |
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Born | Maria Bianchi 10 May 1949 Milan, Italy |
Education | University of Milan (BA, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Fashion designer, Businessperson |
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Title | Co-CEO and head designer, Prada |
Spouse | |
Children | 2,[1] including Lorenzo Bertelli |
Relatives | Mario Prada (grandfather) |
Awards | Council 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]