Kirsty Bertarelli

Kirsty Bertarelli is a British singer, songwriter and philanthropist who is best known as the wife of Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli. She is currently Britain's richest woman thanks to the fact that her husband's family ranks 6th on the list of UK's wealthiest people. The Bertarelli family also ranks 4th on the list of wealthiest people in Switzerland. She is a former beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss UK in 1988 and bagged the 2nd runner-up spot at the Miss World pageant that year. She is also a philanthropist who supports several charities in Switzerland, including the Smiling Children Foundation. She is a trustee at Bertarelli Foundation, which supports research projects on life sciences, especially neuroscience, and is focused on protecting marine reserve in the Chagos Archipelago. As a singer, she has released six studio albums and a Christmas EP so far, including her debut album 'Elusive'. She is the writer of the All Saints hit single 'Black Coffee'.