- Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray (b.1941 in
Paris ) is a former journalist and film producer who has become a globalphilanthropist andsocial entrepreneur working withAIDS orphans. She is a grandchild of theBolivia n "King of Tin",Simón Patiño , who was one of the wealthiest men in the world at the time of her birth. She founded theAssociation François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) in 1989, in memory of her son who had died in 1986. She isgodmother toCharlotte Casiraghi , daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco.Career
After working variously as a model, actress and freelance journalist, she established a film production company in 1969 and is credited with producing eleven movies. These include "Fort Saganne" (1984), directed by
Alain Corneau and starringGérard Depardieu . [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092332/ Filmography, IMDb] ]She was made
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 1985 and also became the first film producer to be awarded L’Ordre National du Mérite .Philanthropy
In financing the establishment of FXB in 1989, she sold a large part of her assets. These included a jewellery collection auctioned by
Sotheby's in New York for $31.2 million, an art collection of $20 million, and a substantial part of her family real-estate business which fetched $50 million. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/health/2000/07/08/tlcount.xml&site=13&page=0 "A one-woman crusade", July 2000] ]Awards
She was awarded the 2002
North-South Prize by theCouncil of Europe .An
asteroid has been named after her, "8005 Albinadubois".Her philanthropy and humanitarian efforts earned her a knighthood of the
Legion d'Honneur in 2001.Notes
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* [http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/network/network_vol9no4.pdf UN Women’s Newsletter, Vol. 9, No.4, Oct/Nov/Dec 2005]
* [http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/boisrouvray.html "One Woman's Wealth Of Care", Time magazine "Heroes", 2003]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C0CE0D91530F937A35753C1A966958260 "Newark Visit Yields Millions For Youngest AIDS Patients", New York Times, Oct 4, 1990]
* [http://www.fxb.org/AboutFXB/founder.html Bio details]
* [http://www.fxb.org FXB website]
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