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Hace 3 días · Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973) fue la única hija de CW Post, fundador de Postum Cereal Company (ahora conocida como General Foods Corporation). El amor de Post por el arte comenzó cuando heredó el imperio empresarial y la inmensa fortuna de su padre a la edad de 27 años, lo que convirtió a Post en la mujer más rica de los Estados Unidos durante gran parte de su vida.
Hace 5 días · Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1887-1973 Known as: The staggeringly rich Midwestern cereal heiress who built the obscenely luxurious Mar-a-Lago and saw no irony at all in donning a gingham dress...
28 de mar. de 2024 · Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973) was the only child of the former Ella Merriweather and C.W. Post, who owned General Foods and Postum Cereals. When her father died in 1914, he left his estate to his daughter valued then at $20 million and valued now at more than half a billion dollars.
6 de abr. de 2024 · Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post was a dedicated Francophile, passionate about French culture, design, and artistry. A regular in Paris, she stayed in iconic hotels; attended the theater, opera, and social events; and frequented art galleries, antique shops, haute couturiers, and luxury department stores.
25 de mar. de 2024 · Marjorie Merriweather Post If that name isn’t familiar to you, you might know her father, C.W. Post — the creator of famous cereals like Grape-Nuts and Bran Flakes. After inheriting the Postum Cereal Company in 1914, Post began to acquire and merge with other businesses, including Jell-O, Maxwell House Coffee , Walter Baker ...
18 de mar. de 2024 · Marjorie Merriweather Post bought Hillwood in 1955 and soon decided her home would be a museum that would inspire and educate the public. Her northwest Washington, D.C. estate endowed the country with the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia, a distinguished eighteenth-century French decorative art collection, and twenty-five acres of serene landscaped ...
Hace 3 días · It was originally operated as private residence for Marjorie Merriweather Post, the Post Cereals heiress. After Post died, she willed the property to the U.S. government to be used as a...
