The 53-year-old
chairwoman of French conglomerate Louis Dreyfus Commodities and widow of French
businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus is expecting twin girls in early April.
Margarita and Robert, who married in 1992 had three sons, Eric and twins Kyril
and Maurice, before he died of leukemia in 2009.
The expectant mother is
currently dating Swiss banker Philipp Hildebrand, 52, the vice chairman of US
investment manager BlackRock, however she has not confirmed or not he is the
father of her unborn children.
In a statement made via
her company, Margarita confirmed that she plans on continuing her duties as
non-executive chairwoman until the birth, before taking a brief maternity leave
and returning to work full time in late April.
The Russian-born
businesswoman gained Swiss nationality through her first marriage before she
met Robert in 1988 on a flight to London from Zurich.
Margarita, who was
working as a circuit-board-equipment seller when they wed, became a full time
wife and mother. However, before his death, Robert set up a family trust called
Akira BV to hold his majority stake in the privately held, Amsterdam-based
company, naming Margarita the family trustee
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