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Elisabeth Furtwaengler

Germany 34 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
publishing
Residence

Biography

Elisabeth Furtwaengler, daughter of publishing magnate Hubert Burda and doctor and actress Maria Furtwaengler, owns 25% of Burda Media Group.

Its portfolio consists of some 600 media products in 24 countries, including Focus and Bunte and the German editions of Elle and Harper's Bazaar.

She is a member of Burda Media's board of directors, as is her brother Jacob, and performs as a singer-songwriter under the stage name Lisa Fou.

Before studying at a music conservatory in California, she studied art history at Cambridge University.

About

In 2016, she and her mother founded the MaLisa Foundation. It's committed to ending violence against women and girls worldwide and overcoming restrictive female role models in Germany.