Donatella Versace
| Donatella Versace | |
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Versace at the 2010 Time 100 Gala.
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| Born |
Donatella Francesca Versace 2 May 1955 Reggio di Calabria, Italy |
| Residence | Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Florence (attended) |
| Salary |
 EU€479.2 million (2013) |
| Net worth |
US$2.3 billion (December 2013) |
| Board member of |
Versace Versus Versace Versace Woman Palazzo Versace Elton John AIDS Foundation |
| Spouse(s) |
Paul Beck (m. 1983; div. 2000) Manuel Dallori (m. 2004; div. 2005) |
| Children |
with Beck; Allegra Versace Daniel Paul Beck |
| Relatives |
Santo Versace (brother) Gianni Versace (brother) |
| Awards |
FGI Superstar Award (2008) Glamour Woman of the Year (2010) Glamour Award for Fashion Designer of the Year (2012, 2016) |
| Website | www |
| Vice-President of Gianni Versace S.p.A. | |
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In office 1978–1997 |
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| President | Santo Versace |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Saud |
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Chief Executive Officer of Gianni Versace S.p.A. |
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In office 1997–2004 Serving with Santo Versace and Jorge Saud |
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| President | Santo Versace |
| Preceded by | Gianni Versace |
| Succeeded by | Allegra Beck |
| Creative Director of Gianni Versace S.p.A. | |
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Assumed office 1997 |
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| President | Santo Versace |
| Preceded by | Gianni Versace |
Donatella Francesca Versace (pronounced [donaˈtɛlla franˈtʃeska verˈsaːtʃe]; born 2 May 1955) is an Italian fashion designer and current vice president of the Versace Group, as well as its chief designer. She owns a 20% share of the business. During the 1980s, Donatella's brother, Gianni Versace, launched a perfume dedicated to her, Blonde, and gave her her own diffusion label, Versus. Versace took over the label's design after her brother's death.
She was born in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria, the youngest of four children in her family. Her father was a personal financier to the Italian . An older sister, Tina, died at the age of twelve from an improperly treated tetanus infection. Her brother Santo Versace owns 30 percent of Versace stock.
In the mid-1970s, Donatella followed her older brother, Giovanni ("Gianni"), to pursue knitwear design in Florence, Italy. She had planned to work for her brother in the public relations department, but was more valuable to Gianni as a "muse and critic", according to her during an interview with Vogue. Through her closeness to her brother's enterprises, Donatella entered the fashion world. A decade later, during the 1980s, Gianni launched a perfume dedicated to her, Blonde, and gave her her own label, Versus, which remains a well-known Versace line.
A year and three days after Gianni's death on 15 July 1997, Donatella Versace mounted her first couture show for the Versace Atelier at the Hôtel Ritz Paris. She built her runway over the hotel's swimming pool, as her brother had done every season, though this time using sheer glass. She now oversees the production of a dozen collections each year, though these days, she is just as famous for her celebrity entourage and parties whose regular guests include Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley, Rakeem Young, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kate Moss. Even Prince Charles attends Donatella's parties for the famous and elite throughout Europe.
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