Jacqueline Mars

Jacqueline Mars was born on October 10, 1939. She attended and graduated from the boarding school Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[6] She graduated from Bryn Mawr College[2] in 1961 with a degree in anthropology.[1]

Mars is an heiress to Mars, Inc. shares. As a member of the Mars family, Mars' shares of Mars, Incorporated and other assets were estimated by Forbes magazine in January 2019 to be worth $23.5 billion, making her the 18th richest American, and #34 on its list of "The World's Billionaires".[2] Mars was active in Mars, Inc. from 1982, when she joined the company as Food Product Group President, until her retirement in 2001.[7] Reported by Forbes June 2019, Mars is the wealthiest resident living in Virginia with an estimate 28.1 billion dollar net worth.[8]

Mars married David H. Badger in 1961.[1] They had three children: Alexandra Badger born 1966/1967 (age 53–54),[9] Stephen M. Badger born c.1969 (age 51–52), and Christa M Badger born c.1975 (age 45–46). She divorced Badger in 1984. She married Harold 'Hank' Vogel in 1986, with whom she resided in Bedminster, New Jersey; they divorced in 1994.[1]

She is a trustee of the US Equestrian Team, and owns a working organic farm, which is protected by the Land Trust of Virginia.[10][11][12] She sits on the board of directors for the Washington National Opera, the National Sporting Library and Fine Arts Museum.[13] Mars also sits on the National Advisory Council of the Journey through Hallowed Ground, a foundation promoting American heritage in the region stretching from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.[7] Mars is a routine donor to the League of Conservation Voters.[14] Mars received the inaugural Foundation for the National Archives' Heritage Award.[7][10]