Alexander, von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon von Fürstenberg; January 25, 1970) is an American businessman, socialite, and the son of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg (Diane née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg.
Alexander von Fürstenberg began his career in 1993 as a trader on the Risk Arbitrage Desk of Allen and Company. He is now the chief investment officer of Ranger Global Advisors, LLC, a family company he founded which focuses on opportunistic value-based investing. Previously, he was the co-managing member and chief investment officer of Arrow Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm focused on global public equities. Since 2001, he has acted as Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Investments, Inc., a private investment office that serves the Diller-von Furstenberg family.
Fürstenberg led the restructuring of Diane von Fürstenberg Studio, LP, a global luxury lifestyle brand, taking it from $100 million in annual revenue to more than $200 million. He remains a partner and director in the company and also serves on the Board of Directors of IAC, a U.S.-based internet conglomerate.
Fürstenberg is Director and Secretary of the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, which is managed by him, his mother, Diane von Fürstenberg, his stepfather, Barry Diller, the former Chief Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and his sister, Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg.
As a teen he lived in the Carlyle Hotel, two floors below duty-free shops owner Robert Warren Miller and his family; that is where he met Miller's youngest daughter Alexandra, who was three years his junior.[4] They married on October 28, 1995, in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City.[5] They had two children, Talita Natasha (b. May 7, 1999) and Tassilo Egon Maximilian (b. August 26, 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. In 2002, they separated and were later divorced. He later announced his engagement to designer Alison "Ali" Kay, who gave birth to their son Leon in July 2012.[citation needed] Ali Kay gave birth to a second son Vito in June 2020 and on September 19, 2020, Kay's 36th birthday, the couple civilly married.[6][self-published source?]