Anna Thompson Dodge

Anna Thompson Dodge (7 August 1866 – 2 June 1970) was a Scottish-American socialite and philanthropist, one of the richest women in the world at the time of her death.

She and John's widow Matilda sold the company in 1926 for US$146 million (equivalent to $2.51 billion in 2023)[2] to Dillon, Read & Co., which was the largest cash transaction in history at the time.

She gave the City of Detroit $1,000,000 towards the construction of a fountain in memory of her late husband and son.

The Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain was designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1978, and it is located near the center of Philip A. Hart Plaza.

[5] She died on 2 June 1970 at her home, Rose Terrace, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, at the age of 103.