Dona Bertarelli
Dona Bertarelli is a Swiss businesswoman of Italian origin. She is co-president of the Bertarelli Foundation. She is also a sailor, having won the 2010 Bol d’Or Mirabaud and, with her team Spindrift Racing, the Rolex Fastnet in 2013.
- The bulk of Dona Bertarelli‘s wealth comes from the 2007 sale of her family’s biotech business Serono for over $13 billion.
- In the 1990s Dona was Serono’s executive director of public and professional affairs.
- Her brother Ernesto is the richest man in Switzerland. They split ownership of most family assets.
- Dona is launching a luxury hospitality group, including a new eco-tourism destination in the Bahamas.
