Leonie Kira Emma Schroder is a British billionaire heiress, and the daughter of the late Bruno Schroder of the Schroders dynasty. After his death in March 2019, she took over his seat on the board of directors.
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Born
1974
Overview
Leonie Kira Emma Schroder (born 1974/1975) is a British billionaire heiress, and the daughter of the late Bruno Schroder of the Schroders dynasty. After his death in March 2019, she took over his seat on the board of directors.
Early life
Leonie Kira Emma Schroder is the only child of Bruno Schroder and his first wife, Patricia "Piffa" Holt. She was educated at the University of St Andrews
Career
Schroder has been a director of the Schroder Charity Trust, the Red Squirrel Survival Trust and "various entities connected to Dunlossit, the family's large estate" on the Isle of Islay, off Scotland's west coast.
In March 2019, Schroders appointed her to fill the seat on its board left by her father's death two weeks earlier. This was despite her never having had a role at Schroders or any large financial services company. Other family members, such as her father, had spent years with the company before they became a board director.
