Anita Zucker

Anita Zucker is an American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the first and only woman to date to have held the position of chair at the Hudson’s Bay Company. Taking over after her husband’s death, she is now the chairperson and chief executive officer of The Intertech Group.

• Anita Zucker is CEO of Charleston, South Carolina-based InterTech Group, a private, family-owned chemicals manufacturer.
• InterTech was founded in 1982 by Zucker’s late husband, Jerry, who died of a brain tumor in 2008 at age 58.
• The company, which has estimated revenues of roughly $3 billion, also owns an aerospace engineering firm and extensive commercial real estate.
• Jerry Zucker, an immigrant from Israel, was a prolific inventor who was granted numerous patents.
• Zucker donated more than $75 million to philanthropic causes from 2013 to 2018, with an emphasis on education and health.