Marion Hamilton MacMillan Pictet (October 17, 1932 - August 30, 2009) was an American heiress.
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She was a great-granddaughter of
William Wallace Cargill
William Wallace Cargill (December 15, 1844 – October 17, 1909) was an American businessman. In 1865, he founded Cargill, which by 2008 was the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue, employing over 150, ...
, the founder of
Cargill
Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in ter ...
.
Her father was
John H. MacMillan
John Hugh MacMillan Jr. (1895 – December 23, 1960) was an American businessman, president of Cargill from 1936 to 1960.
Early life
He was born in Texas in 1895, the son of John H. MacMillan Sr. and Edna Clara Cargill, the daughter of William Wal ...
She had two brothers
John Hugh MacMillan
John Hugh Macmillan III (February 28, 1928 - April 23, 2008) was an American billionaire businessman.
Early life
He was born on February 28, 1928, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of John H. Macmillan Jr. and Marion Dickson, and grew up in Wa ...
and
Whitney Duncan MacMillan
William Duncan MacMillan (July 5, 1930 - October 31, 2006) was an American businessman, a director of Cargill.
He is not to be confused with Whitney MacMillan, William's first cousin, born in 1929.
Early life
He was born on July 5, 1930, the so ...
.
She lived in
Hamilton, Bermuda
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, and she was divorced.
In 2010, her estate was estimated to be worth approximately US$4.5 billion.
She died in
The Bahamas
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in August 2009.
Her only daughter,
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer (born 1961/62) is an American billionaire heiress and equestrian.Juli WeinerAmerica’s Poor: Mitt Romney Does Not Make Forbes 400 List '' Vanity Fair'', September 19, 2012
Biography Early life
She is a great-great-grand ...
, is an equestrian.
References
2009 deaths
People from Hamilton, Bermuda
American billionaires
Cargill people
1932 births
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