Nationality: Italy Miuccia Bianchi Prada is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. As of October 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$4.8 billion. In June 2021, Bloomberg estimated her net worth to be $6.62 billion, ranked 464th in the world. The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, Miuccia Prada took over the family-owned luxury goods manufacturer in 1978. Since then, the company has acquired Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and shoemaker Church & Co. In 2002, Prada opened her own contemporary art museum. In March 2013, Prada was named one of the fifty best dressed over-50s by Forbes. The magazine listed her as the 75th most powerful woman in the world in 2014, when she had an estimated net worth of $11.1 billion. Awards: 1993, 2004: International Award, awarded by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). 1995, 1996, 1998: VH1 Fashion Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year. 2005: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. 2006: Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture. 2013: International Designer of the Year, awarded by the British Fashion Awards. 2014: 75th most powerful woman, selected by Forbes. 2015: Fashion Innovator of the Year, awarded by WSJ Magazine. 2015: Knight of the Grand Cross, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. 2016: Woman of the Year Award, given by Glamour USA. 2018: Outstanding Achievement Award, given by the British Fashion Council.