Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann

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Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann (born January 26, 1951 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American actress , designer , businesswoman and chairwoman of the board of trustees of the Peter Dussmann Foundation since 2011 .

Life

Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann is the descendant of a member of the Fürstenberg aristocratic family who emigrated to the United States in 1847 . She was born in St. Louis , Missouri, one of seven children of a wealthy lawyer . The upbringing in her parents' home was marked by strict Catholicism.

After studying literature and psychology from 1969 to 1973 at Regis University in Denver , she was a member of the drama studios of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1973 to 1974 . She then worked as an actress and model in Los Angeles . Mostly the acting offers resulted in comical roles for her in which she had to play the joker. She made her first experiences as a self-employed entrepreneur with a business for interior design. In 1980 she married the entrepreneur Peter Dussmann and since then has been a housewife and social companion at his side, in accordance with his wishes. There is a daughter from the marriage.

Entrepreneurial activity

After her husband suffered a severe stroke in 2008, Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann joined the supervisory board of the Berlin-based company Dussmann-Group , founded by her husband in 1963 , with over 60,000 employees worldwide. In April 2009 she took over the management of the Supervisory Board. At the beginning of 2011 she reorganized the top management. The supervisory board was replaced by a board of trustees in Berlin, which she has headed ever since.

As an entrepreneur, she is committed to promoting women in management positions and is also dedicated to the issue of childcare. According to their ideas, kindergartens should be open around the clock and include individual support for each child. Upbringing should ideally be bilingual in German and English in kindergartens. In the summer of 2011 she opened the first cultural kindergarten of this kind at the Accident Hospital in Berlin-Marzahn.

She likes to spend her free time on the family estate in southern Germany. In terms of sport, she works extensively as a rider.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ visitberlin.de: The Berlin Sofa - Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann, accessed December 8, 2015, August 7, 2015
  2. ↑ "This is great! You should read that! " , Welt.de, March 9, 2018, accessed on December 29, 2018
  3. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel : From actress to boss of a global corporation from September 5, 2014, accessed on December 7, 2015
  4. ^ Die Welt : Article about Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann from October 10, 2011, accessed on December 9, 2015
  5. ^ Die Zeit : Article on Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann from February 23, 2012 , accessed on December 13, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Fürstenberg-Dussmann, Catherine von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businesswoman
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri