Mary Anselmo is an American billionaire businesswoman. She is the widow of Rene Anselmo, the founder of PanAmSat, the first privately held satellite communications company in the United States.
Career
[edit]Mary's husband Rene Anselmo died in 1995, two days before the initial public offering of his company.[1] For a time, Mary was principal owner of the company, although she had rarely been involved in her husband's business and said in a 1996 interview with The New York Times that she knew little about satellites.[2] When PanAmSat was bought by KKR and other private equity firms in 2004, she received a net $250 million.[1]
She has appeared on multiple occasions on the Forbes magazine list of wealthiest people in the world. According to the magazine's 2008 rankings, her net worth was estimated at $1.1 billion, and her rank was 1,014.[1]
Personal life
[edit]She has three children:[1] Reverge C., Pier, and Rayce Anselmo.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "#1014 Mary Anselmo". Forbes. March 5, 2008. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009.
- ^ a b Landler, Mark, "A Widow's Pique", The New York Times, June 16, 1996