Miuccia Bianchi Prada (Italian pronunciation: ['mjutt?a 'pra?da, mi'u-]; born Maria Bianchi [ma'ri?a 'bja?ki] on 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.
As of March 2019, Forbes estimates her net worth at US$2.4 billion.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 named one of the fifty best dressed over-50s by Forbes.
The magazine listed her as the 75th most powerful woman in the world in 2014, when she had an estimated net worth of $11.1 billion.