Janet Wolfson de Botton
Dame Janet Frances de Botton, DBE (née Wolfson; formerly Green[1]) is a British art collector and philanthropist.[1]
Janet de Botton is the eldest daughter of Lord Wolfson and his wife, Ruth (née Sterling), who married in 1949, and a granddaughter of Sir Isaac Wolfson, founder of the Great Universal Stores family; she is the former wife of the broadcasting executive Michael Green. Her late husband, Swiss financier Gilbert de Botton, sold Global Asset Management for £234m in 1999.[1]
In June 2010, the Wolfson Foundation announced the appointment of de Botton as the new Chairman following a unanimous decision by the Trustees. De Botton has been a Trustee of Tate and Chairman of the Council of Tate Modern.[2]
In 2007, she appeared at number 22 (down from number 18, in 2006) in the Sunday Times Rich List, with an estimated personal fortune of £285 million.[1] She is a prominent collector of modern art.[3][4] In 1996, she presented 60 works of art to the Tate, including examples by Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Gilbert & George, Richard Long, Cindy Sherman, Roni Horn, Gary Hume, Nancy Spero, Andy Warhol and Bill Woodrow.[5]
She was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006 and elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for charitable services to the arts.[6]
According to the Sunday Times Giving List in 2020, de Botton gave £65.1 million to charitable causes in 2019.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sunday Times Rich List 2007[dead link].
- ^ "New Chairman Announced" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Wolfson Foundation; retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Life and times of Michael Green", BBC News, Monday, 20 October 2003; accessed 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Gilbert de Botton", The Telegraph, obituaries, 30 August 2000; accessed 17 March 2014.
- ^ Tate: Janet Wolfson de Botton, "In 1996 Janet Wolfson de Botton presented 60 contemporary works to Tate..."; accessed 21 September 2010.
- ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. pp. 7–7.
- ^ Griffiths, Alastair McCall and Sian. "Sunday Times Giving List 2020: Stormzy breaks new ground". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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[edit]- 1952 births
- Living people
- Art collectors from London
- Philanthropists from London
- British women philanthropists
- English contract bridge players
- English people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Daughters of life peers
- Fellows of King's College London
- Wolfson family (United Kingdom)