Madlena Zepter
{{Short description|Serbian businessperson}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947}}
| birth_place = Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
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| known_for = Founder of Madlenianum Opera and Theatre
Zepter International
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| spouse = Philip Zepter
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Madlena Zepter, also known as Madlena Janković (born in 1947) is a Serbian businesswoman and arts patron.
Background
Zepter was born in Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia, and studied literature at the University of Belgrade.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artzept.com/madeleine-zepter.aspx|title=MADLENA ZEPTER |website=artzept.com|accessdate=23 April 2024}} In 1997, she founded Madlenianum Opera and Theatre as its single patron, opening the facility in 2005.{{cite journal | last1 = Kotnik | first1 = Vlado | date = 2016 | title = Opera as Social Manifest: Madlena Zepter's Private Opera House and Theatre as Corporate Gift to the Serbian Nation| url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/1822653004 | journal = Trames. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences| volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 229–271 | doi = 10.3176/tr.2016.3.02 | access-date = 23 April 2024| doi-access = free }} She also founded the Zepter Museum in the same city. In 2011, she was awarded the Golden Wreath by Serbian Culture Minister Nebojša Bradić, in recognition of her art patronage and her contribution as a benefactor to the development of Serbian culture.{{Cite web|url=https://cordmagazine.com/interview/madlena-zepter-europes-greatest-cultural-benefactor-art-and-beauty-are-my-only-ideologies/|title=Art & Beauty Are My Only Ideologies|website=cordmagazine.com|date=31 May 2018 |accessdate=23 April 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://zeptermuzej.rs/en/about-the-museum/|title=About the museum|website=zeptermuzej.rs|accessdate=23 April 2024}}
Personal life
On February 21, 1976, she married Philip Zepter.{{Cite web|title=Remise des insignes de chevalier des Arts et des Lettres à Mme Madlena Zepter|url=https://mc.ambafrance.org/Remise-des-insignes-de-chevalier-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-a-Mme-Madlena-Zepter|access-date=2021-03-25|website=La France à Monaco|language=fr}} They have a daughter Emma, who they adopted in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://zadovoljna.nova.rs/poznati/ko-su-zene-imperije-cepter-jedna-od-njih-dominira-iz-senke/|title=Ko su žene imperije Cepter: Jedna od njih dominira iz senke|website=zadovoljna.rs|date=20 July 2022 |language=Serbian|accessdate=23 April 2024}} The Zepter family lives in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the south of France. Their villa formerly known as Villa Aréthuse, the Villa Trianon{{Cite news|last=Mill|first=Mariana|date=2016|title=Midsummer Cocktail|work=Milano Excellence, 2016}}{{Cite web|title=Madeleine Zepter Chevalier des arts et des lettres|url=https://www.telecotedazur.tv/videos/Madeleine-Zepter-Chevalier-des-arts-et-des-lettres_v31806193.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.telecotedazur.tv}} was built in 1893 at the request of Lord George Montgomery by the Danish architect, Hans-Georg Tersling.{{Cite web|title=The Cap Ferrat property market|url=https://www.alexandra-lloyd.com/cap_martin/mas-arethuse.php|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.alexandra-lloyd.com}} She cites Lou Salomé, Colette, Marguerite Yourcenar, Coco Chanel and Peggy Guggenheim as her role models.{{Cite web|url=https://georgiatoday.ge/madlena-zepter-life-as-a-fusion-of-the-art-of-living-and-the-culture-of-giving/|title=Madlena Zepter: Life as a Fusion of the Art of Living and the Culture of Giving|website=geogriatoday.ge|date=7 November 2022 |accessdate=23 April 2024}}
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