[2] On 29 August 2016, Louis-Dreyfus and the Marseille mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin, stated during a press conference with Frank McCourt that McCourt had agreed in principle to purchase the French Ligue 1 football club, Marseille, owned by Louis-Dreyfus.

The purchase deal was completed for a reported price tag of 45 million euros on 17 October 2016.

They married in 1992 and had three sons, including Kyril who is the chairman and majority shareholder of English Championship football club, Sunderland.

[6][7][8][9] Margarita, who had been working for a circuit-board equipment seller, became a full-time wife and mother.

[13] Margarita is the second cousin once removed (by marriage) of American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.