Where you start in life is not necessarily where you're going to end up. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus spent time in an orphanage as a child. Now, she's one of the world's richest women with a personal fortune of more than $10bn. Marrying Robert Louis-Dreyfus is the primary reason for her wealth, although she was already doing well in business herself as an electronics retailer.
When her husband passed away prematurely due to leukemia, Louis-Dreyfus was left with almost his entire estate, including his businesses. She decided to run them instead of selling them, and has seen them continue to grow under her stewardship. Along with her second husband Philipp Hildebrand, she's shown interests in sport as well as business; they used to own French football giants Marseille. If her last name is familiar to you, it may be because you're aware of her distant relative, the American actress and 'Veep' star Julia Louis-Dreyfus.