Rank #1334
Maritsa Lazari & family
Net worth $3.2B
Real estate · United Kingdom
- Born
- Oct 14, 1944
- Age
- 81
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- London
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Maritsa Lazari is the widow of late billionaire Christos Lazari, who died in 2015, a few months shy of their 50th wedding anniversary.
- The couple, who met in London, married in 1965.
- Christos eventually created a successful fashion line called Drendie Girl. The couple used the profits from that business to buy up property.
- Lazari Investments owns more than 3 million square feet of commercial real estate in London, mostly office space that it rents out.
- Maritsa was a cofounder of the real estate business and serves as a director. Her three children are also involved in the company.
- In 2017, the family established a charity foundation in honor of Christos, donating an initial $4.9 million with plans to invest more in the future.