Prince Alexander of Furstenberg

Prince Alexander von Furstenberg (born Alexandre Egon Prinz Furstenberg, January 25 1970) is the son of fashion designers Diane von Furstenberg and Prince Egon von Furstenberg.

Early Life and Education

He is the son of fashion designers Diane von Furstenberg (nee Halfin) and Prince Egon von Furstenberg. His mother is from a Belgian Jewish family, originally from present-day Moldova and Greece; and his father was half German and half Italian, the son of the German Prince Tassilo Furstenberg of the House of Furstenberg and his Italian first wife, Clara Agnelli, the elder sister of the chairman of FIAT, Gianni Agnelli. His parents divorced in 1972.

Prince Alexander and his sister Princess Tatiana von Furstenberg were raised in New York City. Alex attended Brown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993.

Work

Alexander von Furstenberg began his career in 1993 as a trader on the Risk Arbitrage Desk of Allen and Company. He is now the Chief Investment Officer of Ranger Global Advisors, LLC, a family company he founded which focuses on opportunistic value-based investing.

Previously, he was the Co-Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm focused on global public equities. Since 2001, he has acted as Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Investments, Inc. a private investment office that serves the Diller-von Furstenberg family.

Furstenberg led the restructuring of Diane von Furstenberg Studio, LP, a global luxury lifestyle brand, taking it from $1 million in annual revenue to more than $2 million. He remains a partner and director in the company and also serves on the Board of Directors of IAC, a U.S.-based internet conglomerate, and on the Board of W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd., a Bermuda-based asset management firm.

Philanthropy

Furstenberg is Director and Secretary of the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, which is managed by him, his mother, Diane von Furstenberg, his stepfather, Barry Diller, the former Chief Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and his sister, Princess Tatiana von Furstenberg.

The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation is involved in a number of charitable pursuits in education, community reform, environmental advocacy, disease research, childcare, arts and humanities and human rights. The foundation is also responsible for two significant endorsements to the High Line, a New York City park built on the foundations of a decommissioned high line railway.

Furstenberg serves on the Board of Directors of Our Times, Board of Friends of the High Line, and the National Advisory Council of ACRIA.

Personal Life

As a teen he lived in the Carlyle Hotel, two floors below duty-free shops owner Robert Warren Miller and his family; it was there he met Miller’s youngest daughter Alexandra, who was three years his junior.

They married on October 28 1995 at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. They had two children, Princess Talita Natasha (born May 7 1999) and Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian (born August 26 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. In 2002, they separated and were later divorced. He later announced his engagement to designer Ali Kay, who gave birth to their son Prince Leon in July 2012.

Title

25 January 1970-present: His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Furstenberg

House: Furstenberg

Religion: Roman Catholic

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