Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
{{Short description|American billionaire and heiress to the Campbell Soup Company fortune}}
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| nationality = American
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| alma mater = University of Arizona
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| known for = largest shareholder, Campbell Soup Company
| boards = Campbell Soup Company
| spouse = Stuart Malone (divorced, mid-1990s)
| children = 2
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| relations = John Thompson Dorrance (grandfather)
John Dorrance III (brother)
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Mary Alice Dorrance Malone is an American billionaire and heiress to the Campbell Soup Company fortune.
Early life
Mary Alice Dorrance is the daughter of John T. "Jack" Dorrance Jr (died 1989), the last Dorrance to run Campbell, and the granddaughter of John Thompson Dorrance.{{cite news|author=Reed Abelson|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/business/plenty-of-old-money-but-not-much-limelight.html |title=Plenty of Old Money, but Not Much Limelight - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=July 30, 2000 |accessdate=June 24, 2017}} She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mary-alice-dorrance-malone/ |title=Mary Alice Dorrance Malone |work=Forbes.com |date= |accessdate=June 24, 2017}}
Career
When her father died in 1989, she and her two brothers shared roughly one-third of the company.
Malone is the Campbell Soup Company's largest shareholder, and a board member, along with her brother Bennett Dorrance, a Phoenix real estate developer. Her other brother is John Dorrance III.
Personal life
She was married to Stuart Malone, divorced in the mid-1990s, has two children, and lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-05-10-campbell-soup-extortion_n.htm |title=Longtime pal admits extorting Campbell Soup heiress - USATODAY.com |publisher=Usatoday30.usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=June 24, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailylocal.com/article/DL/20110510/NEWS/305109980 |title=Woman pleads guilty in soup heiress extortion scheme |publisher=Dailylocal.com |date=December 21, 2009 |accessdate=June 24, 2017}}
From 2009 to 2010, she was the victim of an extortion attempt by her "longtime cook, traveling companion and confidante", involving "a tell-all book and movie about the heiress's personal life".{{cite web|author=Clare O'Connor |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2010/08/11/billionaire-heiress-caught-up-in-bizarre-extortion-plot/#5c752cc7628d |title=Billionaire heiress caught up in bizarre extortion plot |work=Forbes.com |date= |accessdate=June 24, 2017}}
Malone is "devoted to equestrian sports, she owns expansive estates and performance centers in Pennsylvania and Florida."
In 2006, Malone purchased an oceanfront home in Barnegat Light, New Jersey.
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