merica businesswoman Elena Ford has an estimated net worth of $125 million in 2012.

Born in 1966 as Elena Anne Ford-Niarchos, Elena Ford is the daughter of Stavros Niarchos,  a Greek shipping tycoon, and Charlotte Ford, a Ford Motor Company fortune heiress. She is the great great granddaughter of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, and the granddaughter of Henry Ford II, the longtime president of the company.

On March 1, 2013, Elena Ford began serving as the Vice President of Ford Motor Company. She also serves as the Director of Global marketing making her the first female in the Ford family to have served a vital position in the family business. Among her tasks as a director include sales support, product management and marketing of Ford products all around the globe.

Elena Ford is a graduate of New York University. After her five-year marriage to Stanley Jozef Olender, the couple finally filed for a divorce in 1996. Eventually, she married Joseph Daniel Rippolone and they raised six children together. The couple divorced in 2008.