Gildo Pastor

Gildo Pastor
Born	6 October 1910 Monaco
Died	21 October 1990(1990-10-21) (aged 80)[1] Monaco
Nationality	Monegasque
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse	Émilie Brianti
Children	Victor Pastor Hélène Pastor Michel Pastor
Parent(s)	Jean-Baptiste Pastor Marie Borfiga
Relatives	Philippe Pastor (grandson)

Gildo Pastor (6 October 1910[2] – 21 October 1990[3]) was a Monégasque businessman and property developer.

Life and career

Gildo Pastor was born in Monaco as the son of Jean-Baptiste Pastor, a stonemason from Liguria in Italy, who immigrated to Monte Carlo as a young man in the 1880s.[3] He was educated at the Public Works School.[2] In 1950, he became the Lebanese consul in Monaco.[2]

After World War II, Pastor acquired oceanfront land at low prices, and in the 1950s, he started building apartment blocks. With a conservative, debt-averse approach, the Pastor family eventually owned some 3,000 apartments, representing 15% of Monaco's total housing stock and worth about €20 billion.[3]

Marriage and children

Pastor married Émilie Brianti on April 27, 1936.[2] They lived in Monaco and had three children:[3]

• Victor Pastor (1936-2002), father of:
  • Philippe Pastor (1961-), artist
  • Marie-Hélène (1965-)
  • Jean-Victor Pastor (1968-), Director of J.B. Pastor & Fils
  • Patrice Pastor (1973-), Chairman of J.B. Pastor & Fils
• Hélène Pastor (1937-2014), mother of:
  • Sylvia Ratkowski (1961-), married to Wojciech Janowski, Polish consul in Monaco
  • Gildo Pallanca Pastor (1967-), CEO and owner of Venturi Automobiles
• Michel Pastor (1943-2014), father of:
  • Fabrice Pastor (from his first marriage)
  • Alexandra Pastor (1976-), married to David Hallyday
  • Delphine Pastor (1977-), CEO of Michel Pastor Group
  • Émilie-Sophie Pastor (1981-), Director of Michel Pastor Group
  • Jean-Baptiste Pastor (1984-), Director of Michel Pastor Group

Death and legacy

Following his death in 1990, his wealth was divided between his three children.[3]

The Gildo Pastor Center in Fontvieille, Monaco, was named in his honour.[4]

References

1. Archives de Monaco, acte de naissance nº 283, année 1910 (avec mention marginale de décès)
2. Who's who in Lebanon. Éditions Publitec. 1988. p. 227. ISBN 9782903188061.
3. "Hélène Pastor- obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
4. "Gildo Pastor Center". Emporis. 2014. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015.