{"id":"marijke-mars","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marijke-mars","language":"en","name":"Marijke Mars","name_en":"Marijke Mars","name_ne":null,"description":"American heiress, billionaire, member of Mars family (Mars Inc.)","headline":"American heiress, billionaire, member of Mars family (Mars Inc.)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Marijke Elizabeth Mars (born 1965) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. In March 2018 Forbes estimated her net worth to be $5.9 billion. She was ranked as the 30th-richest woman in the world, a position shared with her three sisters. As of February 2026, Forbes estimated her net worth to be $11.4 billion.","summary_more":["Marijke Mars is a fourth generation member of the Mars family. Her father was the late Forrest Mars Jr. (1931–2016). She has three sisters: Pamela Mars-Wright, Valerie Mars and Victoria B. Mars. She inherited about an 8 percent stake on Mars Inc. in 2016, which made her a billionaire. According to Forbes, her shares were valued at $5.9 billion (March 2018).","She graduated (B.A./B.Sc.) from Duke University. After her graduation she worked as a regional manager for Kal Kan Foods, one of Mars Inc.'s pet food companies. Currently, she works at Mars Food. She married Stephen J. Doyle in 1991, but divorced in 2000."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1965","date":"1965"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51277712#P569"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51277712#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"heiress","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21849766"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51277712#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Duke University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168751"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51277712#P69"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijke_Mars","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51277712"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Marijke Mars born?","a":"Marijke Mars was born on 1965."},{"q":"Where did Marijke Mars study?","a":"Marijke Mars was educated at Duke University."}],"related":[{"name":"David Bonderman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-bonderman"},{"name":"Drayton McLane","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/drayton-mclane"},{"name":"Edythe Broad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edythe-broad"},{"name":"Ira Rennert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ira-rennert"},{"name":"Paul Singer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-singer"},{"name":"Ralph Lauren","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ralph-lauren"},{"name":"Stephen M. Ross","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/stephen-m-ross"},{"name":"Steve Cohen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/steve-cohen"},{"name":"Steve Feinberg","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/steve-feinberg"},{"name":"Ted Leonsis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ted-leonsis"},{"name":"Austen S. Cargill II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/austen-s-cargill-ii"},{"name":"Conrad Prebys","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/conrad-prebys"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Marijke Mars","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijke_Mars","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q51277712","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51277712","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Marijke Mars, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Marijke Mars\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/marijke-mars. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/marijke-mars","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/marijke-mars","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/marijke-mars?lang=ne"}}