Fondation Botnar was founded in 2003 by Marcela Botnar to continue the philanthropy of herself and her late husband, Octav Botnar. We remain true to our humble family roots by keeping the Botnar family name, maintaining the Botnar’s philanthropic legacy, and through continuing to finance and support several targeted legacy investments.

Camelia Botnar
Octav and Marcela Botnar’s only child Camelia Eugenia Botnar was born on 14th August 1952 in Bucharest, Romania.
Camelia was known to be intelligent and strong-willed. She initially spent some time at the Lycée Victor Duruy in Paris before joining her parents in London, where she enrolled at the Lycée Francais Charles de Gaulle. After leaving the Lycée, she studied at a university in Paris, where she met her fiancé. The couple were visiting the United Kingdom for Christmas in December 1972 when they were involved in a car accident which killed Camelia.