Biography
She attended and graduated from the boarding school Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1961 with a degree in anthropology.
She married David H. Badger in 1961. They had three children: Alexandra Badger born 1966/1967 (age 45–46), Stephen Mills Badger born c.1969 (age 42–43), and Christa Badger born c.1975 (age 36–37). She divorced Badger in 1984. She married Hank Vogel in 1986; they divorced in 1994.
As a member of the Mars family, her share of the company and other assets were worth US$10 billion in September 2010, making her the 52nd richest person in the world and the 26th richest person in America, according to Forbes; she is also the fourth richest American woman. As of October 2012, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists Mars as the 32nd richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of 20.1 billion, the same as her grandfather Forrest Mars, Jr.
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