Viviane Senna
Viviane Senna da Silva Lalli (born 14 June 1958) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is sister of the racing driver and three-times Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), and mother of the driver Bruno Senna (1983–).[1]
She is president of the Ayrton Senna Foundation, established in London in June 1994 and also of the Instituto Ayrton Senna NGO, headquartered in São Paulo since November 1994.
Biography
Viviane Senna was born in São Paulo to Milton Teodoro Guirado da Silva and Neide Senna da Silva.[1] In 1979 she graduated in Psychology at the Pontificial Catholic University of São Paulo,[1] specializing in Jungian psychology in the university's Sede Sapientiaes Institute. She worked as a psychotherapist for adult and children, and also supervised qualification groups and improvement of psychotherapists.[2] She also coordinated study groups of deep psychology (advocated by Jung).
She received the Grand Prix 2012 BNP Paribas, that recognises worldwide leaders in the area of social investment,[3] and was appointed one of the Leaders for the New Millenium of CNN/Time.[4]
She is the only Brazilian member of the Fellow Adults of Boys of the World Prize together with Nelson Mandela (ex-president of South Africa), Silvia Renate Sommerlath (wife of the king of Sweden), and José Ramos-Horta (Nobel Prize winner), among others.
Businesswoman
Viviane Senna manages the royalties of the Ayrton Senna brand that through its character Senninha (based in the pilot) has been reproduced in more than 200 products, from bicycles to french fries.[1]
Filmography
- 1998: A Star Named Ayrton Senna (documentary), as herself.
- 2004: The Right to Win (documentary), as herself.
- 2010: Show Business (TV series), as herself
- 2010: Senna (documentary), as herself.
- 2012: Na Moral (series of television), episode 1.9, as herself.
References
- 1 2 3 4 «A guardiã do mito: Colada à imagem do irmão, Viviane Senna chega à pole position da filantropia nacional», O Globo, 3 May 1999.
- ↑ «Perfil: Viviane Senna lidera movimento pela qualidade da educação no Brasil», artículo en el sitio web IDIS (Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Inversión Social) del 5 de agosto de 2011.
- ↑ «The Institute Ayrton Senna and the Greenhouse Charity honoured by the BNP Paribas Prize for Individual Philanthropy», artículo en inglés en el sitio web BNP Paribas del 21 de junio de 2012.]
- ↑ «Presidente Viviane Senna», ficha en el sitio web Senna Globo.