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Carrie Perrodo

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Carrie Perrodo
黃嘉兒
Born
Ka Yee Wong

1950 or 1951 (age 73–74)[1]
Hong Kong
NationalityHong Konger and French
OccupationBusinesswoman
Spouse
(died 2006)
Children3

Ka Yee "Carrie" Wong Perrodo (Chinese: 黃嘉兒; born 1950/51) is a Hong Kong-born French billionaire heiress and businesswoman. She is the owner of the oil group Perenco, which was founded by her late husband Hubert.

Early life and career

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Ka Yee "Carrie" Wong was born in Hong Kong and moved to Singapore to pursue a modelling career. Later she founded and sold a modeling agency, Carrie's Models, which is still active in Singapore.[2]

Personal life

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In 1974, she married French businessman Hubert Perrodo (1944–2006), founder and sole owner of the Anglo-French oil and gas company Perenco.[2][3] They had three children,[3] François Hubert Marie Perrodo (born 14 February 1977), chairman of Perenco, Nathalie Perrodo-Samani (born 1980), and Bertrand Nicolas Hubert Perrodo (born 1984).[2]

She lives in London, England.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Forbes profile: Carrie Perrodo & family". Forbes. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Revealed: The Frenchman, The Model, And Their $10 Billion Oil Fortune". Forbes. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "A Tribute to Hubert Perrodo". Perenco. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.