Candida Gertler (born 1966/1967) is a British/German art collector,

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, and former journalist.

Early life

She was born in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as o ...

, Germany, to Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. She studied journalism and law.

Career

In 2003 Gertler and

Yana Peel Yana Peel (born June 1974) is a Canadian executive, businesswoman, children's author and philanthropist who is currently global head of arts and culture at Chanel.Bailey, Sarah. "In Conversation: Art and Fashion Are Both About Desire", '' Red'', ...

founded the Outset Contemporary Art Fund. In June 2015, she was given an OBE "for services to Contemporary Visual Arts and Arts Philanthropy". She is a member of the Tate International Council.

Personal life

She is married to

Zak Gertler Zachariasz "Zak" Gertler (born 1955/1956) is a British/German property developer. Early life Zachariasz Gertler is the son of Moritz Gertler, a German real estate magnate and Miriam Gertler (née Goldberg). He has a sister Idessa Trink, who is m ...

. They are Jewish, and have two children.https://parkeastsynagogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Annoucements-02-15-19.pdf He has been called "one of London's leading property developers". In 2009, Zak Gertler and family had an estimated net worth of £150 million, down from £250 million in 2008. "The Gertlers developed offices in Germany, moving into the London market in the 1990s."

References

Living people British art collectors Women art collectors 1960s births People from Frankfurt Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century German Jews German expatriates in the United Kingdom German people of Romanian descent German philanthropists German women philanthropists {{UK-activist-stub