Michel Pastor

Michel Pastor (1944 – February 2, 2014) was an heir, businessman and art collector from Monaco.

Michel Pastor
Born1944
Monaco
DiedFebruary 2, 2014
Monaco
OccupationBusinessman, art collector
Spouse(s)2, including Catherine Pastor
Children5
Parent(s)Gildo Pastor
Emilie Louise Brianti
RelativesJean-Baptiste Pastor (paternal grandfather)
Victor Pastor (brother)
Hélène Pastor (sister)
David Hallyday (son-in-law)
Valentina Marzocco (daughter-in-law)
Philippe Pastor (nephew)
Patrice Pastor (nephew)
Johnny Hallyday (brother-in-law)

Early life

Michel Pastor was born in 1944.[1] His father, Gildo Pastor, was an heir and businessman.[1][2] His paternal grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Pastor, settled in Monaco in the 1880s.[1][2]

He grew up in Monaco with his brother, Victor Pastor, and sister, Hélène Pastor.[1][2]

Career

In the mid-1980s, Michel Pastor was the corporate director of Edimo Company which published Theatre Magazine, with Paul Chambrillon as editor-in-chief and Jean-Pierre Thiollet as journalist.[3]

He served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Michel Pastor Group, a real estate firm based in Monaco.[1] The company built many buildings in Monaco, including the Monte Carlo View, Garden House, Le Floridian and the Novotel hotel.[1] Additionally, he owned the Columbia and Houston Palace, located on the Avenue Princesse Grace.[1] Overall, the company was worth US$3.8 billion.[4]

He served as the Chairman of the AS Monaco FC from 2004 to 2008.[1] He was the owner of Hédiard, a luxury food brand, from 1995 to 2007.[5] He was a shareholder in the auctioneer Artcurial,[2] and the owner of an antique store in Monaco and a restaurant-bar in Gstaad, Switzerland.[2]

He served as the Chairman of the Monaco Chamber of Economic Development from 1999 to 2009. He was also Chairman of the Grimaldi Forum.[1] Moreover, he became honorary consul to Peru.[1] He was a recipient of the French Legion of Honour in 2011.[1]

Art collection

Pastor was a prominent art collector.[2] He owned paintings by Fernand Léger, Nicolas Poussin and Andy Warhol.[1][2] He was President of the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, a non-profit organization for Latin American art.[1]

Personal life

Pastor was married twice. With his first wife, Syliane Stella Morell, he had a son, Fabrice Pastor.[2] He then married Catherine Pastor.[2] They had four children; a daughter, Delphine Pastor, born in 1976; Alexandra Pastor, born in 1978, who married David Hallyday, the son of the French singer Johnny Hallyday;[6] Emilie-Sophie Pastor, born in 1981; and Jean-Baptiste Pastor, born in 1984, who worked for the Michel Pastor Group and married Valentina Marzocco, an heiress to the Marzocco Italian construction family.[1][2]

He wintered in Gstaad, Switzerland.[2]

Death

He died of cancer on February 2, 2014.[1] His funeral was held at the Saint-Charles Church in Monaco.[7]

Honours
gollark: To some extent, but it's fuzzier, and how is that meant to work for *factories* or whatever?
gollark: And it's (very roughly) gotten by providing stuff people want, so organizations which can do that can pay more than ones which can't.
gollark: And "who can pay most" is simple and objective.
gollark: For example, you're incentivised to not spent unreasonable amounts of it, because you have finite amounts of it and it's hard to get.
gollark: Using money has many advantages.

References
  1. Claire Lathbury, Michel Pastor dies aged 70 Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Monaco Times, 03.02.2014
  2. Marie-Pierre Grondahl, L'héritière est décédée: Qui en veut aux Pastor?, Paris Match, May 21, 2014
  3. Catalogue BN opale
  4. Tom Metcalf, Monaco Murders Reveal Six Hidden Real Estate Billionaires, Bloomberg, October 18, 2014
  5. Laurence Girard, La maison Hédiard attend son sauveur, Le Monde, May 30, 2014
  6. Cohen, Arnault (6 December 2017). "Le prince Albert II parle de Johnny Hallyday: les 5 choses à retenir". Monaco Matin. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  7. Monaco Pleure Michel Pastor, Paris Match
  8. Michel Pastor décoré de la légion d'honneur, Nice Matin, 14 avril 2011
  9. www.dansnoscoeurs.fr
  10. Quirinale website
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