Albina du Boisrouvray
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Albina du Boisrouvray (b.1941 in Paris) is a former journalist and film producer who has become a global philanthropist and social entrepreneur working with AIDS orphans. She is a grandchild of the Bolivian King of Tin, Simón Patiño, who was one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time of her birth. She founded the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) in 1989, in memory of her son who had died in 1986. She is godmother to Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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[edit] Career
After working variously as a model, actress and freelance journalist, she established a film production company in 1969 and is credited with producing eleven movies. These include Fort Saganne (1984), directed by Alain Corneau and starring Gérard Depardieu.[1]
She was made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1985 and also became the first film producer to be awarded L’Ordre National du Mérite.
[edit] Philanthropy
In financing the establishment of FXB in 1989, she sold a large part of her assets. These included a jewellery collection auctioned by Sotheby's in New York for $31.2 million, an art collection of $20 million, and a substantial part of her family real-estate business which fetched $50 million.[2]
[edit] Awards
She was awarded the 2002 North-South Prize by the Council of Europe.
An asteroid has been named after her, 8005 Albinadubois.
Her philanthropy and humanitarian efforts earned her a knighthood of the Legion d'Honneur in 2001.
