Hélène Pastor

Hélène Pastor (31 March 1937 – 21 May 2014) was a Monegasque businesswoman and heiress. She headed what is seen as Monaco’s ‘second dynasty’, and was the richest woman in the principality. She was assassinated by a gang that included her daughter's long-term boyfriend, who was subsequently jailed for life in 2018.

Early life Hélène Pastor was born in 1937. Her father, Gildo Pastor, was an heir and businessman. Her paternal grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Pastor, was an Italian builder who moved to Monaco in the 1880s.

She grew up in Monaco with her two brothers, Michel Pastor and Victor Pastor. She owned Le Bahia and Émilie Palace in the Larvotto district, the Trocadero, Continental and Le Schuylkill apartment buildings, and the Gildo Pastor Center in the Fontvieille district. They were worth US$3.7 billion. Most of her wealth came from collecting rent.

Personal life She was married twice.

She then married Claude Pallanca, a dentist. Minutes later, a gunman fired at her car, hitting both Pastor and her chauffeur, Mohamed Darouich. but died five days later, on 21 May, at age 77.

In June 2014, her daughter's long-term boyfriend, Wojciech Janowski, admitted to being involved with her assassination. On 17 October 2018, Janowski was sentenced to life in prison.