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Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Wiki Biography

• Teresa Heinz Kerry was born on October 5, 1938, in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa, as Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira (now Maputo, Mozambique). 
• She is now a naturalized American philanthropist and businesswoman best known for being the widow of former US Senator H. John Heinz III and the wife of current US Secretary of State and former US Senator John Kerry. 
• Teresa’s net worth is reported to be in the impressive range of $200 million, according to reliable reports.
• This amount of money is primarily due to her position as an heiress of the H.J. Heinz Company in the corporate world. 
• Teresa Heinz Kerry is the granddaughter of Dr. José Simes-Ferreira, Jr., a tropical disease specialist and oncologist, and Irene Thierstein. 
• She earned a BA degree in Romance Languages and Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1960, and a degree from the University of Geneva’s School of Translation and Interpretation in 1963. 
• She then traveled to the United States and started working as an interpreter. 
• She later met and married John Heinz, a US Senator, in 1966, and they had three sons together; as a result of their marriage, she was granted US citizenship. 
• Senator Heinz died in a helicopter crash in 1991 after 25 years of marriage, leaving Teresa with the Heinz Ketchup fortune and the title of Chairman of The Howard Heinz Endowment. 
• She quickly decided to leave her translation work, which was unsurprising. 
• She has made good use of the family wealth by founding many philanthropic organizations, including the Heinz Family Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the world. 
• She later created the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement in 1996. 
• In terms of her personal life, before her husband’s death, John introduced her to John Kerry, and the two married in 1995 and have been together ever since. 
• Teresa lives in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, at the moment. 
• Teresa was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism in 2003 for her humanitarian work in supporting a safe lifestyle and education around the world. 
• Wikipedia $200 Million IMDB 1938 10th of October American actor André Heinz is a German businessman. 

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Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Quotes

• (when asked of her opinion of her husband running for President)Honestly, I was a little nervous. I knew that having someone in your family run for president was a huge responsibility. I knew that it meant a lot of hard work and traveling around the country, but I also knew that John is the right man to lead this country and that this country needs him. I’m very proud of his decision to stand up for what he believes and for working very hard to bring about change in this country.

Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Important Facts

• Released from a Boston hospital on July 27, 2013, after suffering a seizure on July 7, 2013.
• Diagnosed with breast cancer [December 23, 2009].
• Daughter of Irene Thierstein (1912-1997) and José Simões Ferreira Junior (died 1989).
• Sister of José Pedro and Margarida Helena (1945-1963).
• As a child in Mozambique, she played the piano and loved climbing trees. She has said to have broken her wrist several times doing so.
• Speaks five languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian. Portuguese is her native tongue.
• Stepmother of Alexandra Kerry and Vanessa Kerry.
• Sons, with John Heinz: Henry John IV (b. 4 November 1966), André Heintz (b. 12 September 1969) and Chris Heinz (b. 20 March 1973).

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