Miuccia Prada and Francesco Vezzoli. Miuccia Prada Miuccia Bianchi Prada (; born Maria Bianchi ; 10 May 1949) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, she took over the family-owned luxury goods manufacturer in 1978. Since then, the company has acquired Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and shoemaker Church & Co. In 2002, Prada opened her own contemporary art gallery. In March 2013, she was one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 by the "Guardian." In 2014 she was listed as
Miuccia Prada 2015, she received the WSJ Magazine Fashion Innovator of the Year award. In December 2015, she received the highest honorary title of the Order of Merit of the Republic, the title of Knight of the Grand Cross. In 2016, she won Glamour USA's Woman of the Year Award. Miuccia Prada is married to Patrizio Bertelli, a businessman. Their two sons were born in 1988 and 1990. One of her sons is the rally driver Lorenzo Bertelli. She is a collector of contemporary art and owns several artworks by Young British Artists. She is personal friends with the artist Cindy Sherman