Pamela Diane Mars-Wright (b. Mars, 1960) is an American businesswoman and billionaire heiress. Previously, she was the chairman of the board of

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She is a supervisory board member of Dutch brewing company

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. Mars-Wright is a fourth generation member of the

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. Her father was Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters:

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, Valerie Mars and

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. She inherited about 8 percent stake of

in 2016, which made her a billionaire. According to ''

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'', her net worth was valued worth of $11.5 billion as of June 2021. Mars-Wright graduated (BA/BSc) from

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. She has held several roles within Mars Inc. She started as an operations supervisor in 1986, then she became plant director manager at the company's petcare factory followed by a position as manufacturing director at Mars Australia. After a sabbatical she joined Mars Inc. as a member of the board of directors in 2001 and served also as the chairman of the board (2004–2008). She was a board member of Mars Inc. also in 2015 and was promoting sustainability. Today, she works as the family's ambassador to the Mars petcare division. In 1992, she married Lonnie Wright, a plant manager, in

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. She has three children.

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