{{Short description|British sportsperson and actor (born 1944)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = Michel Ray Popper | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|07|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | spouse = Charlene Heineken (m. 1983) | children = 5 }} '''Michel Ray de Carvalho''' (born '''Michel Ray Popper'''; 21 July 1944) is a British financier, private banker, former Olympic skier and luger, and former child actor in films such as ''The Brave One'', ''The Tin Star'', and ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (under the name '''Michel Ray''').
== Early life == He was born Michel Ray Popper in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, on 21 July 1944. Using the stage-name 'Michel Ray', he appeared in several films as a child and teenager, including the 1962 epic film ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (where he played the character Farraj, Lawrence's personal servant), ''The Divided Heart'' in 1954, ''The Tin Star'' with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins in 1957, and ''The Brave One'' in 1956 where he plays a young Mexican boy who tries to rescue his pet bull from being killed by a champion bullfighter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sellers|first1=Patricia |title=The mysterious banker behind the world's best-known beer |url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/17/heineken/ |accessdate=23 January 2015 |work=Fortune Magazine |issue=22 December 2014|publisher=Time Inc. |date=17 December 2014}}</ref>
He quit acting to attend Harvard University, which he later described as "just about the most stupid decision" he ever made.<ref name=bbc-mystery>{{cite news |last1=Rossingh|first1=Danielle |title=Heineken heiress remains a mystery|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2781221.stm |access-date=30 December 2014 |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=26 February 2003 |quote=Mrs de Carvalho inherited a £3bn ($4.8bn) fortune, making her the richest woman in the Netherlands, overtaking Queen Beatrix.}}</ref> Nevertheless, de Carvalho graduated from Harvard and then earned an MBA degree from the same university.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/17/heineken/|title=The mysterious banker behind the world's best-known beer|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|website=Fortune|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>
De Carvalho represented Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in skiing, and luge at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.<ref name=fort-self-made/> In May 2013 he was named President of British Skeleton.<ref name=inside-pres>{{cite news |last1=Goddard|first1=Emily |title=Triple Olympian named as British Skeleton President with champion as vice-president |work=insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/winter/skeleton/1014031-triple-olympian-named-as-british-skeleton-president-with-champion-as-vice-president |accessdate=30 December 2014 |publisher=insidethegames.biz|date=2 May 2013}}</ref>
== Career == De Carvalho was the vice-chairman of investment banking at Citigroup, where he chaired Citi Private Bank in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, a post to which he was appointed in November 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/citi-wealth/citi-names-private-bank-chairman-for-emea-idUSGEE5AO06720091125|title=Citi names private bank chairman for EMEA|date=25 November 2009|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
He worked previously at HBS, Credit Suisse and Nikko Securities.<ref name=":0" />
On 23 April 2015 he became the Executive Director at Heineken Holding N.V., but remains active as board member or director of several other business ventures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks|title=Stocks (broken link)|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>
In 2018 Carvalho was appointed chairman of CapGen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olympian, actor… wealth manager? Meet Michel de Carvalho, one half of Britain's ninth richest couple|url=https://www.spearswms.com/michel-de-carvalho-spears/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.spearswms.com|date=24 May 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Personal life == He married Dutch Heineken heiress Charlene Heineken<ref name="fort-self-made"/> in Perroy in 1983. In 2002 Charlene inherited a fortune of {{GBP}}3 billion ($4.8bn) upon the death of her father, Freddy Heineken.<ref name="bbc-mystery" /> They have five children (two sons and three daughters, including twins, born between 1984 and 1991).<ref name="fort-self-made">{{cite news |last1=Sellers|first1=Patricia |title=Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress |url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/03/heineken-charlene-de-carvalho-self-made-heiress/ |accessdate=30 December 2014 |work=Fortune Magazine |issue=22 December 2014|publisher=Time Inc. |date=3 December 2014 |quote=While women in the Netherlands generally attach their maiden name to their married name, Charlene, as a London resident, had dropped “Heineken” from her surname.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Patricia|last=Sellers|title=Heineken's Charlene de Carvalho: A self-made heiress|url=https://fortune.com/2014/12/03/heineken-charlene-de-carvalho-self-made-heiress/|work=Fortune|date=3 December 2014|accessdate=3 June 2022|quote=All in the family: How to pass on a company to the next generation. The de Carvalho family (...) Alexander (...) Louisa, Charles, Sophie, and Isabel.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Nashana|last=Lalah|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/social/20170310/red-stripe-fetes-heineken-family|title=Red Stripe fetes Heineken family|work=The Gleaner|date=9 March 2017|accessdate=4 June 2022}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== * ''The Divided Heart'' (1954) - Toni * ''The Brave One'' (1956) - Leonardo * ''The Tin Star'' (1957) - Kip Mayfield * ''Flood Tide'' (1957) - David Gordon * ''The Space Children'' (1958) - Bud Brewster * ''The Naked City (TV series) (S1.E26)'' (1959) - Felipe * ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962) - Farraj
== Bibliography == * Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 248.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0712935}}
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