1. Jacqueline Mars was born on October 10,1939 and is an American heiress and investor.
15 Facts About Jacqueline Mars
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Jacqueline Mars was graduated from Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Jacqueline Mars participated as an equestrian in many horse shows during her youth.
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Jacqueline Mars is a 1961 graduate of Bryn Mawr College and her degree is in anthropology.
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Jacqueline Mars was active in Jacqueline Mars, Inc from 1982, when she joined the company as food product group president.
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Jacqueline Mars spent the majority of her time working for the Mars Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit supported by the company.
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Jacqueline Mars married Harold 'Hank' Vogel in 1986, with whom she resided in Bedminster, New Jersey.
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Jacqueline Mars owns a working organic farm that is protected in perpetuity by the Land Trust of Virginia.
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On October 4,2013, at the age of 74, Jacqueline Mars was involved in a car crash on US Route 50 in Aldie, near her home in The Plains in Northern Virginia.
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Jacqueline Mars's vehicle crossed the highway center line and struck a Chrysler minivan carrying six passengers.
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Jacqueline Mars told a witness after the crash that she had fallen asleep at the wheel.
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Jacqueline Mars subsequently pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, with tests having revealed no drugs, alcohol, or medications in her system that could have caused a blackout.
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Jacqueline Mars is the Chairman Emeritus of the board of directors for the Washington National Opera and is on the board of the National Sporting Library and Fine Arts Museum.
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Jacqueline Mars is a routine donor to the League of Conservation Voters.
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Jacqueline Mars has donated to the National Air and Space Museum, the Washington Performing Arts Society.