Charlotte Colket Weber
Charlotte Colket Weber
Charlotte Colket Weber is a Campbell Soup Company heir.
Career
Charlotte Colket Weber served on the board of Campbell Soup Company from 1990 until November 2014, when she stepped down to age limits. She has cousins, Bennett Dorrance and Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, who are still Directors. Their grandfather, John T. Dorrance, invented the formula of the Condensed soup.
The family also owns other brands like Pace, Pepperidge Farm, and Swanson.
Charlotte Colket Weber is a devoted Equestrian lover and owns the Live Oak Stud Farm, that is a horse farm and commercial cattle operation near Ocala, Florida. She has also been an avid collector of Chinese art. In 1988 she donated a collection worth $20 million to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she is been honorary trustee.
Personal Life
Charlotte's husband is John C. Weber, who works as a Radiologist and Surgeon. Charlotte has four children: two daughters, Julie W. Reid and Christina Colket Whitney, and two sons, John C. Weber, Jr. and Chester C. Weber.
Achievements
Charlotte has been recognized for her thoroughbred farming.
In 2005, she received the Penny Chenery Most Distinguished Woman in Racing Award. In 2006, she was honored as Florida Breeder of the Year.
Philanthropy
Charlotte has donated to the Trinity-Pawling School, an all-boys private high school in Pawling, New York; to the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, which funds veterinary research; and to the 1000 Friends of Florida, which advocates for sustainable development. She is also a supporter of Florida Thoroughbred Charities; besides, she hosted an auction for the group at her plantation.
Other recipients include Metropolitan Museum of Art, Washington International Horse Show Association, Blair Academy, National Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame, Trinity-Pawling School, The University of Chicago, Cornell University, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Appleton Museum of Art, and others.