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Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon von und zu Fürstenberg; January 25, 1970) is an American businessman, socialite, and the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg.


Early life and education

He is the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. His mother is from a Belgian Jewish family, from present-day Moldova and Greece; and his father was half
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and half
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, the son of the German Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg of the House of Fürstenberg and his Italian first wife, Clara Agnelli, the elder sister of the chairman of
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Gianni Agnelli Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat S.p.A., Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial ...
. His parents separated in 1972, and were divorced in 1983. Prince Alexander and his sister Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg were raised in
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. Alex attended
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, where he earned a
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degree in 1993.


Work

Alexander von Fürstenberg began his career in 1993 as a trader on the Risk Arbitrage Desk of Allen and Company. He is now the chief investment officer of Ranger Global Advisors, LLC, a family company he founded which focuses on opportunistic value-based investing. Previously, he was the co-managing member and chief investment officer of Arrow Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm focused on global public equities. Since 2001, he has acted as Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Investments, Inc., a private investment office that serves the Diller-von Furstenberg family. Fürstenberg led the restructuring of Diane von Fürstenberg Studio, LP, a global luxury lifestyle brand, taking it from $100 million in annual revenue to more than $200 million. He remains a partner and director in the company and also serves on the Board of Directors of IAC, a U.S.-based internet conglomerate.


Philanthropy

Fürstenberg is Director and Secretary of the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, which is managed by him, his mother, Diane von Fürstenberg, his stepfather,
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, the former Chief Executive of
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, and his sister, Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg. The Diller–von Furstenberg Family Foundation is involved in a number of charitable pursuits in
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s and
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and
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. The foundation is also responsible for two significant endowments to the
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, a New York City park built on the foundations of a decommissioned high line railway. Fürstenberg serves on the Board of Directors of Our Time, Board of Friends of the High Line, and the National Advisory Council of ACRIA.


Personal life

As a teen he lived in the Carlyle Hotel, two floors below
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and his family; that is where he met Miller's youngest daughter
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, who was three years his junior. They married on October 28, 1995, in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. They had two children, Talita Natasha (b. May 7, 1999) and Tassilo Egon Maximilian (b. August 26, 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. In 2002, they separated and were later divorced. He later announced his engagement to designer Alison "Ali" Kay, who gave birth to their son Leon in July 2012. Ali Kay gave birth to a second son Vito in June 2020 and on September 19, 2020, Kay's 36th birthday, the couple civilly married.


See also

* List of Greek Americans


References

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