Daisy Igel (1926/1927 – 2019) was a Brazilian architect and billionaire heiress. She studied Architecture at the School of Design - IIT Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, Il and had Johannes Itten, Joseph Albers and Konrad Wacksmann as teachers. She was a professor at the School of Industrial Design of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, from 1969 to 1970.She also gave courses at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.
Daisy Igel is the daughter of
Ernesto Igel
Ernesto Igel (27 November 1893 – 24 January 1966) was an Austrian entrepreneur and founder of the company Empresa Brasileira de Gáz a Domilicio Ltda, the first Brazilian gas distribution network of fuel for cooking equipment (LPG).
In 1938, th ...
, the founder of
Ultrapar
Ultra is a Brazilian company operating in the sectors of fuel distribution, through Ipiranga and Ultragaz; in the production of specialty chemicals, through Oxiteno; in the storage of liquid bulk, through Ultracargo; and in pharmacies, through ...
.
Igel was divorced, with three children, and lived in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
.
Daisy Igel died in 2019.
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1920s births
2019 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Brazilian architects
Brazilian women architects
Brazilian billionaires
Female billionaires
Igel family
People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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