Gerard Louis-Dreyfus Age, Net Worth, Bio, House, Wife, Daughter, Death & Career

You might have seen a lot of personalities who holds a huge net worth. Today’s topic is also related to one of the richest people of France who got listed by the Forbes after maintaining a huge net worth of $3.4 Billion. He is none other than Gerard Louis-Dreyfus aka William Louis-Dreyfus. He accumulated all his earnings after serving as the chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services.

Similarly, Louis was the great-grandson of Leopold Louis-Dreyfus. Moreover, he married two times in his lifetime. Also, he shared a total of four children from both of his wives. Most of his followers are curious to know about his wives.

If you want to collect all the information about his personal and professional life including his age, career, net worth, house, death, then read the article till the end. Stay tuned with us.

Gerard Louis-Dreyfus’ Bio, Wiki (Parents)

Gerard Louis-Dreyfus was born on 21 June 1932 in Mount Kisco, Paris, France. His mother, Dolores Porges was an American who was born to her Brazilian father and Mexican mother. Similarly, Gerard’s father, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was of French descent. His father had even headed the Louis Dreyfus group. Moreover, his father was Jewish by religion.

Furthermore, Gerard grew up along with his one sister, Dominique Cornwell. After the divorce of his parents, Louis moved to the United States with his mother and adopted his name as Wiliam to get fit with American society.

Later, Louis attended Duke University from where he graduated. Also, he went to the Duke University School of Law. After graduation, he served the law firm titled Dewey Ballantine in New York City.

After that, in 1998, Gerard became a chairman of the Poetry Society of America where he worked till 2008. Also, he released several publications which include The Hudson Review.

All his lifetime, Louis had been connected with the firm Louis Dreyfus.

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Gerard Louis-Dreyfus’ Age, Death

Born on 21 June 1932, Gerard Louis-Dreyfus died at the age of 84. His death was placed at his home in Mount Kisco, New York on 6 September 2016. The reason behind his death was some imbalanced health issues and old age. After his death, his daughter, Julia dedicated her 2016 Emmy win to her late father.

Gerard Louis-Dreyfus was Married Twice: His Wife & Children

Before his death, Gerard Louis-Dreyfus married twice in his lifetime. At first, Gerard tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend turned former wife, Judith LeFEver. The couple had exchanged their wedding vows in 1955. However, the duo never revealed how and when they met for the first time.

After spending some blissful time of their marriage with each other, Gerard and Judith gave born to their first child as a daughter named Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an American actress in 1961. After being together for nearly seven years, the couple decided to change their paths and divorced in 1962.

Later, Gerard tied the knot with his second wife, Phyllis Blankenship in 1965. Moreover, the duo shared two daughters. Their first daughter, Phoebe Emilie Dominique Louis-Dreyfus Eavis was born in May 1968, whereas, their second daughter, Emma R. Louis-Dreyfus was born on 16 June 1974.

Similarly, both of their daughters were active in social activities and services. Their first daughter, Phoebe married Peter Eavis, an English financial journalist. The couple married at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Bedford, New York.

However, his second daughter, Emma died on August 13, 2018. He also had a son, Raphael Penteado. We don’t know about his after death but Gerard lived a blissful and happy life with his family and children till the date he was alive.

Gerard Louis-Dreyfus’ Salary & Net Worth

As we previously menti0ned, Louis had maintained a huge net worth of $3.4 Billion as per the Forbes. However, the data of his net worth is as of October 2006. On the other side, The Richest claims his net worth to be around $3.6 Billion. If we go through the Celebrity Net Worth, then we can find out his net worth figures to be $4 Billion.

Moreover, his daughter, Julia is an actress and has maintained a huge net worth of $200 Million. According to the Celebrity Net Worth, Julia earns a salary of $150 Thousand per episode of the series Seinfeld.

Besides, Gerard must have lived a lavish and luxurious life till he was alive. And he could have left his all earnings to his family members and daughters.

Donations & Charities

In 2012, Gerard Louis held a program for encouraging the wealthy peoples in the United States. He even published the program in one of the expensive media The New York Times which titled A Call To Arms To The Wealthy To Protect The Right To Vote. As he has helped in many charities, he donated $1 Million to fight voter suppression.

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Houses & Cars

The famous businessman, Gerard had sold his Upper West Side co-operative for $7.1 Million. The house captures a three-bedroom apartment with ten large picture windows. Though the house listed for $7.1 Million the asking price was in the range of $6.75 Million.

Hence, his family must be living in a beautiful house and also rides expensive and branded cars at present.