Alexander von Fürstenberg | |
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Prince of Fürstenberg | |
Born | Alexandre Egon Prinz zu Fürstenberg January 25, 1970 Malibu, California, U.S. |
Spouse |
Alexandra Natasha Miller (divorced) Ali Kay |
Issue |
Princess Talita Natasha Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian Prince Leon |
House | Fürstenberg |
Father | Prince Egon von Fürstenberg |
Mother | Diane von Fürstenberg |
Religion | Roman Catholicism / Judaism |
Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon Prinz zu Fürstenberg, January 25, 1970) is the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg.
He is the son of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. 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 zu Fürstenberg of the House of Fürstenberg 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 Fürstenberg were raised in New York City. Alex attended Brown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993.
Alexander von Fürstenberg 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 which showed average annual returns of 22.4% over an eight-year period. Since 2001, he has acted as Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Investments, Inc., a private investment office that serves the Diller-von Furstenberg family.