Michel Pastor (1944 – 2 February 2014) was an heir, businessman and art collector from Monaco.

Michel Pastor was born in 1944.^[1] His father, Gildo Pastor, was an heir and businessman.^[1][2] His paternal grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Pastor, settled in Monaco in the 1880s.^[1][2]

He grew up in Monaco with his brother, Victor Pastor, and sister, Hélène Pastor.^[1][2]

In the mid-1980s, Michel Pastor was the corporate director of Edimo Company which published Theatre Magazine, with Paul Chambrillon as editor-in-chief and Jean-Pierre Thiollet as journalist.^[3]

He served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Michel Pastor Group, a real estate firm based in Monaco.^[1] The company built many buildings in Monaco, including the Monte Carlo View, Garden House, Le Floridian and the Novotel hotel.^[1] Additionally, he owned the Columbia and Houston Palace, located on the Avenue Princesse Grace.^[1] Overall, the company was worth US$3.8 billion.^[4]

He served as the Chairman of the AS Monaco FC from 2004 to 2008.^[1] He was the part-owner of Hédiard, a luxury food brand, from 1995 to 2007.^[5] He was a shareholder in the auctioneer Artcurial,^[2] and the owner of an antique store in Monaco and a restaurant-bar in Gstaad, Switzerland.^[2]

He served as the Chairman of the Monaco Chamber of Economic Development from 1999 to 2009. He was also Chairman of the Grimaldi Forum.^[1] Moreover, he became honorary consul to Peru.^[1] He was a recipient of the French Legion of Honour in 2011.^[1]

Pastor was a prominent art collector.^[2] He owned paintings by Fernand Léger, Nicolas Poussin and Andy Warhol.^[1][2] He was President of the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, a non-profit organization for Latin American art.^[1]

Pastor was married twice. With his first wife, Syliane Stella Morell, he had a son, Fabrice Pastor.^[2] He then married Catherine Pastor.^[2] They had four children; a daughter, Delphine Pastor, born in 1976; Alexandra Pastor, born in 1978, who married David Hallyday, the son of the French singer Johnny Hallyday;^[6] Emilie-Sophie Pastor, born in 1981; and Jean-Baptiste Pastor, born in 1984, who worked for the Michel Pastor Group and married Valentina Marzocco, an heiress to the Marzocco Italian construction family.^[1][2]

He wintered in Gstaad, Switzerland.^[2]

He died of cancer on 2 February 2014.^[1] His funeral was held at the Saint-Charles Church in Monaco.^[7]

•  France :
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (April 2011).^[8]
  • Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.^[9]
•  Italy :
  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 December 1998).^[10]
  • Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (2 May 2012).^[10]
•  Monaco :
  • Commander of the Order of Saint-Charles.^[9]
  • Commander of the Order of Grimaldi.^[9]
•  Peru : Grand Officer of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service.^[9]
•  Sovereign Military Order of Malta : Grand Officer Cross pro Merito Melitensi – civilian class –.^[9]