Veronica Drăgan
Veronica Drăgan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniela Veronica Gușă 12 July 1973 |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Ștefan Gușă |
Veronica Gușă de Drăgan (born 12 July 1973) is a Romanian entrepreneur and the widow of Iosif Constantin Drăgan.
Early and personal life
[edit]Drăgan was born Daniela Veronica Gușă as the daughter of Ștefan Gușă, a Romanian Army General involved in the 1989 Romanian Revolution who died of cancer in 1994.[1][2] She was married to Iosif Constantin Drăgan and they had three sons together.[2] At the time of their wedding in 1995, the groom was 78 and the bride, a recent university graduate, was 22.[3]
Wealth
[edit]After the death of her husband, Drăgan became the richest Romanian.[4] According to Forbes Romania ranking from 2010, she had an estimated fortune of about 900 million euros.[4]
Inheritance
[edit]Drăgan owns Grupul Drăgan, which includes ButanGas, the Drăgan Foundation, the General Ștefan Gușă Foundation, the Nagard publishing house, the local dailies Renașterea Bănățeană and Redeșteptarea, Ten TV, Drăgan European University of Lugoj, Veroniki Life medical clinic, and Veroniki Art gallery.
Reorganization of the holding company
[edit]One year after her husband's death, Drăgan decided to move the entire family business to a new structure, called Veroniki Holding SpA.[4] Thus, in addition to ButanGas (industrial group with activities in Italy, Albania, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania and a turnover of ButanGas Romania estimated at about 70 million euros), the group is now part of Romconstruct Top, a company acquired for the development of a wind farm in Siliștea, Constanța County.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ștefan Gușă" Foundation, Biography of the general on the "Ştefan Guşă" Foundation site, accessed on June 21, 2011
- ^ a b Ziua "Fiul rătăcitor în căutarea lui Iosif Constantin Drăgan" ("The Prodigal Son in Search for Iosif Constantin Drăgan") 9 June 2005
- ^ Ziarul Financiar "Povestea româncei cu cea mai uşoară viață din lume" ("The Story of the Romanian Woman with the Easiest Life on Earth") 18 October 2015
- ^ a b c d Interviu cu Veronica Drăgan, cea mai bogată româncă: De ce s-a reorganizat ButanGas sub umbrela Veroniki Holding, 13 December 2010, www.wall-stret.ro, accessed 30 March 2011