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Sonja Bata is a Swiss-Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the founder and chair of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada. She is the widow of Thomas J. Bata, the founder of the Bata Shoe Company. Sonja Bata was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on 8 November 1926. She studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and later at the Architectural Association in London. In 1949, she married Thomas J. Bata, the founder of the Bata Shoe Company. Together, they built the company into a global enterprise. In 1979, Sonja Bata founded the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada. The museum is dedicated to the history of footwear and its role in the social, economic, and cultural life of people around the world. In addition to her work with the Bata Shoe Museum, Sonja Bata is also a philanthropist. She has supported numerous charitable organizations, including the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Sonja Bata is 92 years old and has a net worth of $1.2 billion.

Popular As Sonja Ingrid Wettstein
Occupation Businesswoman, philanthropist, collector and museum founder
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November 1926
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Zurich, Switzerland
Date of death (2018-02-20) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Switzerland

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Her husband is Thomas J. Bata
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Sonja Bata Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Sonja Bata worth at the age of 92 years old? Sonja Bata’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businesswoman. She is from Switzerland. We have estimated Sonja Bata's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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2018

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1983. She died at her home in Toronto on 20 February 2018, outliving her husband for nine years.

1970

Bata was also the chair of the National Design Council (1970s). She helped establish the Toronto French School, served as director the Art Gallery of Ontario, sat on the boards of Alcan and Canada Trustco (now TD Canada Trust), affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund, and became an Honorary Captain in the RCN and sponsor of HMCS Ottawa.

1946

She left her architecture studies after her marriage to Thomas J. Bata of Bata Shoes and moved to Toronto in 1946, befriending those in the architecture community – Raymond Moriyama designed the Bata Shoe Museum, while John Cresswell Parkin designed the impressive Don Mills headquarters of Bata Shoes and the family's country house in Batawa. Though she had earlier envisioned herself to become a great architect, she set her designs on improving the Bata Shoe company.

1940

Also in the 1940s, she began collecting shoes and studying their history. In 1979, she endowed the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation. The Bata Shoe Museum, established in 1995, is the world's largest shoe museum, and the core collection is attributed to Bata. She was the museum's chairperson.

1926

Sonja Ingrid Bata OC MSM CD (or Sonja Baťová; née Wettstein; November 8, 1926 – February 20, 2018) was a Swiss Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, collector and museum founder, who initially trained as an architect.

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