Dame Janet Frances de Botton, ( née Wolfson; formerly Green; born 31 March 1952Sunday Times Rich List 2007
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) is a British art collector and philanthropist. Janet de Botton is the eldest daughter of Lord Wolfson and his wife, Ruth (née Sterling), who married in 1949, and a granddaughter of Sir

Isaac Wolfson Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet FRS (; 17 September 1897 – 20 June 1991) was a Scottish businessman and philanthropist. He was managing director of Great Universal Stores (G.U.S. or Gussies) 1932–1947 and chairman 1947–1987. He establish ...

, founder of the

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family; she is the former wife of the broadcasting executive Michael Green. Her late husband, Swiss financier Gilbert de Botton, sold

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for £234m in 1999. In June 2010, the Wolfson Foundation announced the appointment of de Botton as the new Chairman following a unanimous decision by the Trustees. De Botton has been a Trustee of Tate and Chairman of the Council of

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. In 2007, she appeared at number 22 (down from number 18, in 2006) in the '' Sunday Times Rich List'', with an estimated personal fortune of £285 million. She is a prominent collector of modern art."Gilbert de Botton"
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. She was appointed

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(CBE) in 2006 and elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the

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for charitable services to the arts. According to the '' Sunday Times Giving List'' in 2020'','' de Botton gave £65.1 million to charitable causes in 2019.

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