Michel Pastor

Michel Pastor was born in 1944.[1] His father, Gildo Pastor, was an heir and businessman.[1][2] His paternal grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Pastor, settled in Monaco in the 1880s.[1][2]

He grew up in Monaco with his brother, Victor Pastor, and sister, Hélène Pastor.[1][2]

In the mid-1980s, Michel Pastor was the corporate director of Edimo Company which published Theatre Magazine, with Paul Chambrillon as editor-in-chief and Jean-Pierre Thiollet as journalist.[3]

He served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Michel Pastor Group, a real estate firm based in Monaco.[1] The company built many buildings in Monaco, including the Monte Carlo View, Garden House, Le Floridian and the Novotel hotel.[1] Additionally, he owned the Columbia and Houston Palace, located on the Avenue Princesse Grace.[1] Overall, the company was worth US$3.8 billion.[4]

He served as the Chairman of the AS Monaco FC from 2004 to 2008.[1] He was the part-owner of Hédiard, a luxury food brand, from 1995 to 2007.[5] He was a shareholder in the auctioneer Artcurial,[2] and the owner of an antique store in Monaco and a restaurant-bar in Gstaad, Switzerland.[2]

He served as the Chairman of the Monaco Chamber of Economic Development from 1999 to 2009. He was also Chairman of the Grimaldi Forum.[1] Moreover, he became honorary consul to Peru.[1] He was a recipient of the French Legion of Honour in 2011.[1]

Pastor was a prominent art collector.[2] He owned paintings by Fernand Léger, Nicolas Poussin and Andy Warhol.[1][2] He was President of the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, a non-profit organization for Latin American art.[1]

Pastor was married twice. With his first wife, Syliane Stella Morell, he had a son, Fabrice Pastor.[2] He then married Catherine Pastor.[2] They had four children; a daughter, Delphine Pastor, born in 1976; Alexandra Pastor, born in 1978, who married David Hallyday, the son of the French singer Johnny Hallyday;[6] Emilie-Sophie Pastor, born in 1981; and Jean-Baptiste Pastor, born in 1984, who worked for the Michel Pastor Group and married Valentina Marzocco, an heiress to the Marzocco Italian construction family.[1][2]

He wintered in Gstaad, Switzerland.[2]

He died of cancer on 2 February 2014.[1] His funeral was held at the Saint-Charles Church in Monaco.[7]

•  France :
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (April 2011).[8]
  • Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.[9]
•  Italy :
  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 December 1998).[10]
  • Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (2 May 2012).[10]
•  Monaco :
  • Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles.[9]
  • Commander of the Order of Grimaldi.[9]
•  Peru : Grand Officer of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service.[9]
•  Sovereign Military Order of Malta : Grand Officer Cross pro Merito Melitensi – civilian class –.[9]