Gildo Pastor Explained

Gildo Pastor
Birth Date:6 October 1910
Birth Place:Monaco
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Monaco
Nationality:Monegasque
Occupation:Businessman
Spouse:Émilie Brianti
Parents:Jean-Baptiste Pastor
Marie Borfiga
Children:Victor Pastor
Hélène Pastor
Michel Pastor
Relatives:Philippe Pastor (grandson)

Gildo Pastor (6 October 1910[2]  - 21 October 1990) 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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://archives.mairie.mc/ark:/63956/s005727552a3491b/5727569b6eacf Archives de Monaco, acte de naissance nº 283, année 1910 (avec mention marginale de décès)
  2. Book: Who's who in Lebanon. 1988. Éditions Publitec. 227. 9782903188061 .
  3. News: Hélène Pastor- obituary. 12 January 2015. The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Gildo Pastor Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103094033/http://www.emporis.com/building/gildopastorcenter-monaco-monaco . dead . January 3, 2015 . Emporis. 2014.