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María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (August 15, 1921 – February 18, 2012) was a prominent Argentine executive and philanthropist. ==Life and times== María Amalia Sara Lacroze Reyes Oribe de Fortabat Pourtale was born in 1921 to Amalia Reyes and Daniel Lacroze, members of prominent Argentine families; a grandfather, Federico Lacroze, developed Buenos Aires' first tramway line, in the 1880s. Her mother’s family descended from Uruguay’s second president, Manuel Oribe.〔(Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, billionaire cement heiress and modern art patron, dies at 90 ) ''Washington Post'', February 18, 2012.〕 She was raised in Paris and in 1942, having returned to Argentina, married Hernán de Lafuente, with whom she had a daughter, María Inés. The marriage, however, ended in separation in 1943.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Murió Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat )〕〔(Colín, Julia. "Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat." ''Actual'' (6/1/1999) )〕 Amalia (as she was known) had met Alfredo Fortabat, a divorced industrialist, during a Teatro Colón function, and the two began a relationship. Planning to wed, they were impeded by Argentina's then-conservative nuptial laws, which precluded separated couples from remarrying. The marriage, which ultimately took place in neighboring Uruguay in 1947, became recognized in Argentina following a reform signed into law by President Juan Perón, in 1951. The two enjoyed a close marriage, and Mrs. Fortabat's gregariousness and knowledge of four foreign languages made her a timely traveling companion in the industrialist's frequent business trips abroad; the marriage did suffer from a number of publicized infidelities, however.〔 Founded by Alfredo Fortabat in 1926, Loma Negra became the leader in cement and concrete production in Argentina during the 1950s and '60s.〔(Loma Negra: historia )〕 The death of her husband in 1976 left Mrs. Fortabat as the company's nearly sole owner, President and Chairperson. Loma Negra enhanced its market leadership position in subsequent years by the opening of an important, new facilities and the acquisition of a chief competitor, ''Cementos San Martín S.A.''〔 The business was enhanced further by her purchase of 65% in Ferrosur Roca, a state-owned freight and passenger railway that became Loma Negra's in-house transport service when Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo had it privatized in 1992.〔(''Río Negro'': La trama de la venta del grupo Fortabat )〕 That year, Fortabat broke ground on the group's new headquarters in the Catalinas Norte office park, in downtown Buenos Aires.〔 Complications from debts of US$270 million stemming from a national economic crisis around 2001 were reportedly compounded by Mrs. Fortabat's choice of her eldest grandson, Alejandro Bengolea, as Director in 2000. Bengolea was dismissed in 2002, and her own, advanced age prompted the ''grande dame'' of Argentine industry to sell her 80% stake in Loma Negra. The company was thus transferred to Brazilian conglomerate Camargo Correa in May 2005, for just over US$1 billion.〔 Mrs. Fortabat, whose estimated net worth of US$2 billion made her Argentina's wealthiest woman,〔 served as Chairperson of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A., and was Member of the Latin American Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG since January 2008.〔 The owner of various, valuable Buenos Aires properties, as well as 40 estancias totaling 160,000 hectares (395,000 acres), she sold her Manhattan penthouse atop the Pierre Hotel in 2011 for nearly US$20 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amalia Fortabat y su refugio neoyorquino )〕 Mrs. Fortabat's health had declined amid worsening respiratory problems. She died in her Avenida del Libertador home in Buenos Aires on February 18, 2012, at age 90.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Murió a los 90 años Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat )〕 She was interred in La Recoleta Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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