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'''Marie-Josée Kravis''' (née '''Drouin'''; born September 11, 1949) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] businesswoman and philanthropist.
'''Marie-Josée Kravis''' (née '''Drouin'''; born 11 September 1949) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist.


==Early life and education==
==Biography==
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Marie-Josée Drouin was born in [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], [[Canada]], of French and English parentage and was the youngest of seven children. She earned an MA in economics from the [[University of Ottawa]]. In 1994, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2006, she received the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] award.


===Early life===
==Career==
She serves on the international advisory board of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] and on the boards of [[LVMH]], [[MoMA]] and [[Publicis]] S.A and was involved in a number of Canadian boardrooms throughout the 1980s.<ref name="par">{{cite news |last1=Thomas, Jr. |first1=Landon |title=Parallel Paths Diverging Sharply |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/17kravis.html |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 2007}}</ref> From 1971 to 1984 she was a consultant to the Hudson Institute of New York and executive director of the Hudson Institute of Canada.
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Marie-Josée Drouin was born in [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada, of French and English parentage. She earned an MA in economics from the [[University of Ottawa]].


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She has served on the boards of CIBC,<ref name="par"/> the Ford Motor Company, the Standard Life Insurance Co., Hasbro Inc., Hollinger International, Vivendi Universal and IAC/InterActiveCorp.<ref name="Business Week"/> She was a board member at [[Conrad Black]]'s [[Hollinger International]] until late 2003. Black was later charged with fraud and obstruction of justice. Kravis was called as a witness at Black's trial in 2007 and testified that she had been unaware of the corporate malfeasance during her tenure.<ref name="par"/> Additionally, she previously served as vice-chair of Canada's Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation and co-chaired a national commission on prosperity and competitiveness. She served on the binational dispute settlement panel established under the NAFTA agreement. She is a member of the [[:Category:Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group|Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group]].
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===Career===
She serves on the international advisory board of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] and on the boards of [[Publicis]] S.A. and [[LVMH]]. Since 1989 she has attended all conferences of the [[Bilderberg Group]] except the one in 1997<ref>https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9e_Kravis</ref> and serves on its steering committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html |title=Steering Committee |work=bilderbergmeetings.org |publisher=[[Bilderberg Group]] |accessdate=2014-02-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311013611/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/governance.html |archivedate=11 March 2014 |df= }}</ref>


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===Media===
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From 1971 to 1984 she was a consultant to the Hudson Institute of New York and executive director of the Hudson Institute of Canada. She has served on the boards of CIBC, the Ford Motor Company, the Standard Life Insurance Co., Hasbro Inc., Hollinger International, Vivendi Universal and IAC/InterActiveCorp.<ref name="Business Week"/> She was a board member at [[Conrad Black]]'s [[Hollinger International]] until late 2003. Black was later charged with fraud and obstruction of justice. Kravis was called as a witness at Black's trial in 2007 and testified that she had been unaware of the corporate malfeasance during her tenure.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/worldbusiness/17iht-kravis.1.5751622.html?pagewanted=all "Paths diverge for Conrad Black and an ally."] The New York Times, 17 May 2007.</ref> Additionally, she previously served as vice-chair of Canada's Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation and co-chaired a national commission on prosperity and competitiveness. She served on the binational dispute settlement panel established under the NAFTA agreement.
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She has been a regular columnist for ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' and the ''[[Financial Post]]'' of Canada, and she has contributed to the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' and numerous other publications. She hosted a weekly television show on the public television network ''TV Ontario''. She is also the author with B. Bruce-Briggs of ''Canada Has a Future'' and with Maurice Ernst and Jimmy Wheeler of ''Western Europe: Adjusting to Structural Change''.

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She has been a regular columnist for ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' and the ''[[Financial Post]]'' of Canada, and she has contributed to the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' and numerous other publications. She hosted a weekly television show on the public television network ''TV Ontario''.<ref name="IN">[http://www.interviewnation.net/web-interviews/marie_josee_kravis/ Interview: Marie Josee Kravis]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. [[Interview Nation]], accessed 27 December 2010.</ref> She is also the author with B. Bruce-Briggs of ''Canada Has a Future'' and with Maurice Ernst and Jimmy Wheeler of ''Western Europe: Adjusting to Structural Change''.


===Philanthropy===
===Philanthropy===
Together with her husband, she is ranked the 25th highest donating individual according to ''[[The Chronicle of Philanthropy]]''. She and her husband have been major contributors to the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]] and the [[New York Philharmonic]] Orchestra, where they established a composer-in-residence program and the Marie-Josee Kravis Prize in Composition, awarded in 2012 to French composer Henri Dutilleux. They have also supported [[Carnegie Hall]] and [[The Global Business Coalition]] on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. They have also supported scientific research at the Environmental Defense Fund with a gift of $5 million in 2015.<ref name="FOP">[http://www.facesofphilanthropy.com/marie-josee-kravis-philanthropy Marie Josee Kravis's Faces of Philanthropy profile page]. [[Faces of Philanthropy]], accessed 17 December 2010.</ref>
Together with Henry R. Kravitz, her husband, she is ranked the 25th highest donating individual according to ''[[The Chronicle of Philanthropy]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Their primary focuses have been in arts and culture and medicine. In other fields, she sits on the board of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in Princeton, New Jersey. She is a senior fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]] and a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].


====Arts and Culture====
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She chairs the selection committee of [[The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership]], which is awarded for innovations in non-profit work. At the [[Mount Sinai Medical Center (Chicago)|Mount Sinai Medical Center]], she serves as a major patron and with her husband has given close to $30&nbsp;million for heart research. At the [[Museum of Modern Art]], where she was appointed as president in July 2005, Kravis and her husband have donated more than $100 million. At the Sloan Kettering Institute, she and her husband established a chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis in 2006. In 2013 with a gift of $100 million they established a Center for Molecular Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is also a supporter of the [[Metropolitan Opera]], the [[Tate]] Museum and [[Somerset House]], London.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Tn17vjxZt0IJ:press.moma.org/images/press/PRESS_RELEASE_ARCHIVE/Board_Changes_2005_main.pdf+THE+MUSEUM+OF+MODERN+ART+ELECTS+ROBERT+B.+MENSCHEL+CHAIRMAN+OF+BOARD+OF+TRUSTEES+,+MARIE-JOS%C3%89E+KRAVIS+IS+ELECTED+PRESIDENT&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShaMFk5C-slfFScajcGoVJvWcrdAG5hSK6w42sdlZpTynegHMOofolAu7t1H6tLJTfGEZa_RpY6LTxj-z6Zzw7CUWMx70hEQy14TjuH6VQln6Iro26VTPUef2OR0b2zdTqu_A5b&sig=AHIEtbTDYzlbMFwLcQwwMhNOGPI8BHww-w The Museum of Modern Art Elects Robert B. Menschel Chairman of Board of Trustees, Marie Josee-Kravis is Elected President]. Google Docs, accessed 17 December 2010.</ref> She is president of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York. She also serves as vice-chair of the [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] and chair of the Sloan Kettering Institute. She is vice chair of The Economic Club of NY.
Among the cultural organizations they have supported are: [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]] and the [[New York Philharmonic]] Orchestra, where they established a composer-in-residence program and the [[Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music]], one of the largest new-music prizes.<ref name="krap">{{cite news |last1=Gereben |first1=Janos |title=Kravis Prize, One of New Music's Largest Awards, Goes to Unsuk Chin |url=https://www.sfcv.org/articles/music-news/kravis-prize-one-new-musics-largest-awards-goes-unsuk-chin |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=www.sfcv.org |date=22 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="uns">{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Michael |title=Unsuk Chin Wins $200,000 and New York Philharmonic Commission |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/arts/music/unsuk-chin-new-york-philharmonic-kravis-prize.html |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=11 October 2018}}</ref>
At the [[Museum of Modern Art]], whose board she joined in 1994, she served as Board President from July 2005 – 2018 and as of July 2021 she replaced Leon Black as Board Chair.<ref name="mom">{{cite news |last1=Greenberger |first1=Alex |title=Marie-Josée Kravis Named MoMA Board Chair, Succeeding Leon Black |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marie-josee-kravis-moma-board-chair-1234591051/ |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=ARTnews.com |date=27 April 2021}}</ref> She is also a supporter of the [[Metropolitan Opera]], the [[Tate]] Museum and [[Somerset House]], London. She is a board member of the [[Qatar Museums Authority]] and a member of the International Council of the [[Prado Museum]].<ref name="Business Week">[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=589031&privcapId=135301&previousCapId=528424&previousTitle=PUBLICIS%20GROUPE Business Week]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}(Business Week profile) accessed 20 July 2012</ref>


====Medicine====
She sits on the board of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in Princeton, New Jersey. She is a senior fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]] and a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]. She is a board member of the [[Qatar Museums Authority]] and a member of the International Council of the [[Prado Museum]].<ref name="Business Week">[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=589031&privcapId=135301&previousCapId=528424&previousTitle=PUBLICIS%20GROUPE Business Week](Business Week profile) accessed 20 July 2012</ref><ref name="NNDB"/>
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She chairs the selection committee of [[The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership]], which is awarded for innovations in non-profit work. At the [[Mount Sinai Medical Center (Chicago)|Mount Sinai Medical Center]], she serves as a major patron and with her husband has given close to $30&nbsp;million for heart research. At the Sloan Kettering Institute, she and her husband established a chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis in 2006. In 2013 with a gift of $100 million they established a Center for Molecular Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She also serves as vice-chair of the [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] and chair of the Sloan Kettering Institute.


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==Personal life==
In 1994, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2006, she received the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] award.<ref name="IN"/>
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In the 1970s she was linked to [[Jean-Pierre Goyer]], a minister in the government of [[Pierre Trudeau]].<ref name="par"/> She married Montreal Symphony conductor [[Charles Dutoit]] in 1982; they subsequently divorced.

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In 1994, she became the third wife of billionaire financier [[Henry Kravis]].<ref name="chr">{{cite news |title=CHRONICLE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/21/nyregion/chronicle-252301.html |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 February 1994}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|last=Landon Jr.|first=Thomas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/worldbusiness/17iht-kravis.1.5751622.html|title=Paths diverge for Conrad Black and an ally|date=2007-05-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Kravises have homes in New York City; [[Southampton, New York]]; [[Meeker, Colorado]]; [[Palm Beach, Florida]]; and Paris, France. Their principal residence is a [[Park Avenue]] triplex.<ref>DeShazer, Danae. [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/portraits-of-new-york-wealth "Portraits of New York wealth: Henry Kravis."] Time Out New York, 17–23 January 2008</ref><ref name="par"/>
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===Personal life===
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In the 1970s she was linked to [[Jean-Pierre Goyer]], a minister in the government of [[Pierre Trudeau]].<ref name="NYT">B.Bruce-Briggs, "Supergenius" (N.Y., 2000) 318-20;'*Thomas, Landon. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/worldbusiness/17iht-kravis.1.5751622.html?_r=1 Paths diverge for Conrad Black and an ally].[[New York Times]], accessed 27 December 2010.</ref> She married Montreal Symphony [[Conducting|conductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]] in 1982; they subsequently divorced.
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In 1994, she became the third wife of billionaire financier [[Henry Kravis]].<ref name="NNDB">[http://www.nndb.com/people/001/000159521/ Marie-Josée Kravis's profile page]. [[NNDB]], accessed 27 December 2010.</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/business/worldbusiness/17iht-kravis.1.5751622.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref> The Kravises have homes in [[New York City]]; [[Southampton, New York]]; [[Meeker, Colorado]]; [[Palm Beach, Florida]]; and [[Paris]], [[France]]. Their principal residence is a [[Park Avenue]] triplex.<ref>DeShazer, Danae. [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/portraits-of-new-york-wealth "Portraits of New York wealth: Henry Kravis."] Time Out New York, January 17–23, 2008</ref>


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Latest revision as of 15:05, 8 December 2024

Marie-Josée Kravis
Born
Marie-Josée Drouin

(1949-09-11) 11 September 1949 (age 75)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
EducationUniversity of Ottawa
Occupation(s)Businesswoman, philanthropist
Spouses
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    (m. 1982, divorced)​
  • ​
    (m. 1994)​

Marie-Josée Kravis (née Drouin; born 11 September 1949) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist.

Early life and education

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Marie-Josée Drouin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, of French and English parentage and was the youngest of seven children. She earned an MA in economics from the University of Ottawa. In 1994, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2006, she received the Légion d'honneur award.

Career

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She serves on the international advisory board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and on the boards of LVMH, MoMA and Publicis S.A and was involved in a number of Canadian boardrooms throughout the 1980s.[1] From 1971 to 1984 she was a consultant to the Hudson Institute of New York and executive director of the Hudson Institute of Canada.

She has served on the boards of CIBC,[1] the Ford Motor Company, the Standard Life Insurance Co., Hasbro Inc., Hollinger International, Vivendi Universal and IAC/InterActiveCorp.[2] She was a board member at Conrad Black's Hollinger International until late 2003. Black was later charged with fraud and obstruction of justice. Kravis was called as a witness at Black's trial in 2007 and testified that she had been unaware of the corporate malfeasance during her tenure.[1] Additionally, she previously served as vice-chair of Canada's Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation and co-chaired a national commission on prosperity and competitiveness. She served on the binational dispute settlement panel established under the NAFTA agreement. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.

Media

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She has been a regular columnist for La Presse, the Montreal Gazette and the Financial Post of Canada, and she has contributed to the Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications. She hosted a weekly television show on the public television network TV Ontario. She is also the author with B. Bruce-Briggs of Canada Has a Future and with Maurice Ernst and Jimmy Wheeler of Western Europe: Adjusting to Structural Change.

Philanthropy

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Together with Henry R. Kravitz, her husband, she is ranked the 25th highest donating individual according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.[citation needed] Their primary focuses have been in arts and culture and medicine. In other fields, she sits on the board of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. She is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Arts and Culture

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Among the cultural organizations they have supported are: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, where they established a composer-in-residence program and the Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music, one of the largest new-music prizes.[3][4] At the Museum of Modern Art, whose board she joined in 1994, she served as Board President from July 2005 – 2018 and as of July 2021 she replaced Leon Black as Board Chair.[5] She is also a supporter of the Metropolitan Opera, the Tate Museum and Somerset House, London. She is a board member of the Qatar Museums Authority and a member of the International Council of the Prado Museum.[2]

Medicine

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She chairs the selection committee of The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership, which is awarded for innovations in non-profit work. At the Mount Sinai Medical Center, she serves as a major patron and with her husband has given close to $30 million for heart research. At the Sloan Kettering Institute, she and her husband established a chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis in 2006. In 2013 with a gift of $100 million they established a Center for Molecular Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She also serves as vice-chair of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and chair of the Sloan Kettering Institute.

Personal life

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In the 1970s she was linked to Jean-Pierre Goyer, a minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau.[1] She married Montreal Symphony conductor Charles Dutoit in 1982; they subsequently divorced. In 1994, she became the third wife of billionaire financier Henry Kravis.[6][7] The Kravises have homes in New York City; Southampton, New York; Meeker, Colorado; Palm Beach, Florida; and Paris, France. Their principal residence is a Park Avenue triplex.[8][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Thomas, Jr., Landon (17 May 2007). "Parallel Paths Diverging Sharply". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Business Week[dead link‍](Business Week profile) accessed 20 July 2012
  3. ^ Gereben, Janos (22 October 2018). "Kravis Prize, One of New Music's Largest Awards, Goes to Unsuk Chin". www.sfcv.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ Cooper, Michael (11 October 2018). "Unsuk Chin Wins $200,000 and New York Philharmonic Commission". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ Greenberger, Alex (27 April 2021). "Marie-Josée Kravis Named MoMA Board Chair, Succeeding Leon Black". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ "CHRONICLE". The New York Times. 21 February 1994. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ Landon Jr., Thomas (17 May 2007). "Paths diverge for Conrad Black and an ally". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ^ DeShazer, Danae. "Portraits of New York wealth: Henry Kravis." Time Out New York, 17–23 January 2008
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