Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
| Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Françoise Bettencourt 10 July 1953 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Author, and board member of L'Oréal |
| Spouse(s) | Jean-Pierre Meyers |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
André Bettencourt Liliane Bettencourt |
| Relatives | Eugène Schueller (maternal grandfather) |
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaːz bɛtɑ̃kuːʁ mɛjɛʁ]) is a French heiress and author of Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian relations.[1] The only daughter and thus under French law the heiress of Liliane Bettencourt, her family owns the company Loreal.[2] She married the Jewish grandson of a rabbi murdered at Auschwitz. After marriage, Meyers decided to raise her children as Jewish.[1] Her marriage caused controversy as a result of her grandfather, Eugène Schueller's, trial for collaboration with the Nazi regime.[3]
In 2008, she sued François-Marie Banier for taking money from her 'unstable' mother,[3] and started proceedings to have her mother declared mentally incompetent. The revelations in the secret recordings she used in evidence, were at the origin of the Woerth-Bettencourt scandal. In December 2010, Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers announced that she had settled out of court with both her mother and François-Marie Banier.[4]
Bibliography
- The Greek gods. Genealogy (Les Dieux grecs. Généalogies), Paris, éd. Christian, 1994, 511 p.
- A look at the Bible (Regard sur la Bible), 5 vol., Introduction by Alain Decaux, Published, November 2008, awarded the prix des Lauriers Verts (section « Spirituality ») in 2009:
- Words and expressions originating in the Bible
- From one Testament to the other, Judaism and Catholicism
- Family Tree of Adam Eve, and the Tribes of Israel
- Animals, Plants, Measures, money, and numbers in the Bible
- Genealogic section
References
- 1 2 Les Échos, December 2009.
- ↑ http://www.loreal-finance.com/eng/share-ownership
- 1 2 The Guardian, July 10, 2010
- ↑ La Tribune December 2010.