Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer (born 1961/62) is an American
billionaire
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heiress and equestrian.
Juli Weiner
Juli Weiner is an American writer known for her work on the HBO show ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.''
Biography
Weiner is a native of Maple Glen, Pennsylvania. Her father is a breast surgeon. She graduated from Upper Dublin High School ...
America’s Poor: Mitt Romney Does Not Make Forbes 400 List
'' Vanity Fair'', September 19, 2012
Biography
Early life
She is a great-great-granddaughter of
William Wallace Cargill
William Wallace Cargill (December 15, 1844 – October 17, 1909) was an American businessman. In 1865, he founded Cargill, which by 2008 was the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue, employing over 150,0 ...
, the founder of
Cargill
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.
Her late mother was
Marion MacMillan Pictet
Marion Hamilton MacMillan Pictet (October 17, 1932 - August 30, 2009) was an American heiress.Brian SolomonThe Secretive Cargill Billionaires And Their Family Tree ''Forbes'', 9/22/2011
She was a great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, th ...
.
[Brian Solomon]
The Secretive Cargill Billionaires And Their Family Tree
''Forbes
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'', 9/22/2011
Career
A
show jumper
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, she won the Prix Credit Suisse at the
Geneva International Horse Show in 2011.
She also sponsors
dressage
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.
[Winci Acquired for Guenter Seidel to Ride](_blank)
Eurodressage, 01/01/2013
''Sidelines
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'', January 17, 2013
Personal life
She lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California
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.[Lindsay Berreth]
Seidel Gets New Grand Prix Ride
''The Chronicle of the Horse
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'', January 3, 2013 She is divorced, and has two children.
References
1960s births
American billionaires
American female equestrians
American show jumping riders
Cargill people
Female billionaires
Living people
People from Rancho Santa Fe, California
Sportspeople from San Diego County, California
21st-century American women
20th-century American sportswomen
Cargill family (United States)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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