Louise Blouin | |
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Born | Louise Thérèse Blouin 1958 or 1959 (age 64–65) [1]
Dorval,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Occupation | Magazine publisher |
Known for | Louise Blouin Media |
Spouses |
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Louise Thérèse Viger Blouin (born 1958/59) is a Canadian magazine publisher. She is owner of Louise Blouin Media, which she founded. [2]
Blouin was born in Dorval, a suburb of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada, the youngest of six children of Edouard Blouin and Yolande Viger Blouin, who owned and operated a life insurance brokerage. [3] [4] [5] Her father died when she was fifteen. She appeared as the representative of Canada at the International Debutante Ball in January 1978. [4] She studied commerce at McGill University for a year, and later transferred to Concordia University. She did not graduate. [6] She worked as a stock analyst and as a stockbroker. [1]
In the early 1980s, Blouin married David MacDonald Stewart, a member of the Canadian MacDonald tobacco family. The marriage was annulled within a year. [1]
Blouin later married John MacBain and the couple acquired Auto Hebdo, a classified car trading magazine, in 1987. The business grew into Trader Classified Media. Although the couple separated in 2000, Blouin did not sell her remaining shareholding until 2004. [7] After the separation she became chief executive of the London auction house Phillips de Pury, owned by her new companion Simon de Pury; in December 2002, after a year, she resigned. [7] She started Louise Blouin Media in 2003, and moved into art publications, including Art+Auction, sold by the LVMH group. [3]
In 2005 Blouin started the Louise T. Blouin Foundation, an international organisation for creativity and the arts. [8] In October 2006 the foundation opened the Louise T. Blouin Institute in Shepherd's Bush in west London. [1]
Blouin married Mathew Kabatoff, who worked for the Louise Blouin Foundation, in France in June 2011. [2] [9]
In 2016, her name appeared in the Panama Papers as registered owner of five companies in the British Virgin Islands. [10] She commented, "I didn't even know. . . It is not relevant. It is not because you are in the Panama list that you did something wrong. You are the one informing me about that. You can't assume everyone with a BVI [company] has done something wrong". [11] [12]
In 2023, Blouin's La Dune home in the Hamptons sold for $89 million. [3] The property on Gin Lane in Southhampton had been listed for as much as $150 million in 2022. [13] [14]
Blouin lives in Switzerland. [11]
In 1993 Blouin was one of approximately 200 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" listed by the World Economic Forum, a Swiss foundation. [15]
Louise Blouin | |
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Born | Louise Thérèse Blouin 1958 or 1959 (age 64–65) [1]
Dorval,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Occupation | Magazine publisher |
Known for | Louise Blouin Media |
Spouses |
|
Louise Thérèse Viger Blouin (born 1958/59) is a Canadian magazine publisher. She is owner of Louise Blouin Media, which she founded. [2]
Blouin was born in Dorval, a suburb of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada, the youngest of six children of Edouard Blouin and Yolande Viger Blouin, who owned and operated a life insurance brokerage. [3] [4] [5] Her father died when she was fifteen. She appeared as the representative of Canada at the International Debutante Ball in January 1978. [4] She studied commerce at McGill University for a year, and later transferred to Concordia University. She did not graduate. [6] She worked as a stock analyst and as a stockbroker. [1]
In the early 1980s, Blouin married David MacDonald Stewart, a member of the Canadian MacDonald tobacco family. The marriage was annulled within a year. [1]
Blouin later married John MacBain and the couple acquired Auto Hebdo, a classified car trading magazine, in 1987. The business grew into Trader Classified Media. Although the couple separated in 2000, Blouin did not sell her remaining shareholding until 2004. [7] After the separation she became chief executive of the London auction house Phillips de Pury, owned by her new companion Simon de Pury; in December 2002, after a year, she resigned. [7] She started Louise Blouin Media in 2003, and moved into art publications, including Art+Auction, sold by the LVMH group. [3]
In 2005 Blouin started the Louise T. Blouin Foundation, an international organisation for creativity and the arts. [8] In October 2006 the foundation opened the Louise T. Blouin Institute in Shepherd's Bush in west London. [1]
Blouin married Mathew Kabatoff, who worked for the Louise Blouin Foundation, in France in June 2011. [2] [9]
In 2016, her name appeared in the Panama Papers as registered owner of five companies in the British Virgin Islands. [10] She commented, "I didn't even know. . . It is not relevant. It is not because you are in the Panama list that you did something wrong. You are the one informing me about that. You can't assume everyone with a BVI [company] has done something wrong". [11] [12]
In 2023, Blouin's La Dune home in the Hamptons sold for $89 million. [3] The property on Gin Lane in Southhampton had been listed for as much as $150 million in 2022. [13] [14]
Blouin lives in Switzerland. [11]
In 1993 Blouin was one of approximately 200 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" listed by the World Economic Forum, a Swiss foundation. [15]