Janet Wolfson de Botton

Dame Janet Frances de Botton, DBE (née Wolfson; formerly Green[1]) is a British art collector and philanthropist.

[1] Janet de Botton is the eldest daughter of Lord Wolfson and his wife, Ruth (née Sterling), who married in 1949, and a granddaughter of Sir Isaac Wolfson, founder of the Great Universal Stores family; she is the former wife of the broadcasting executive Michael Green.

Her late husband, Swiss financier Gilbert de Botton, sold Global Asset Management for £234m in 1999.

[1] In June 2010, the Wolfson Foundation announced the appointment of de Botton as the new Chairman following a unanimous decision by the Trustees.

[3][4] In 1996, she presented 60 works of art to the Tate, including examples by Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Gilbert & George, Richard Long, Cindy Sherman, Roni Horn, Gary Hume, Nancy Spero, Andy Warhol and Bill Woodrow.