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| name = Christel DeHaan<br />
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| birth_name = Christel Stark<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date |1942|10|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nördlingen]], [[Free State of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|6|1942|10|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, US<br />
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| occupation = Founder, [[Christel House International]]<br />
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| known for = Co-founder and former owner, [[Resort Condominiums International]]<br />
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| spouse = {{marriage|Jon DeHaan|1973|1987|end=divorce}}<br />
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| children = 3<br />
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'''Christel DeHaan''' ({{nee}} '''Stark''', October 20, 1942 – June 6, 2020) was a German-American [[businesswoman]] and [[philanthropist]] who was the owner of [[Resort Condominiums International]] and the founder of [[Christel House International]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
DeHaan was born in 1942 in [[Nördlingen]], Germany,<ref name="Yearning">{{cite news|last1=Hawn|first1=Carleen|title=Yearning for Love|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/09/20/cz_ch_0920dehann.html|accessdate=March 13, 2017|work=Forbes|date=November 16, 1998}}</ref> the daughter of Adolf Stark, a German soldier who died shortly before the end of [[World War II]], and his wife Anna Stark.<ref name="Maurer2009">{{cite book|author=Michael S. Maurer|title=19 Stars of Indiana: Exceptional Hoosier Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BoFMQKVSdoC&pg=PA18|accessdate=March 13, 2017|date=January 7, 2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-00270-9|pages=14–25}}</ref> Her stepfather, Wilhelm Riedel died when she was 16.<ref name="Maurer2009" /> At the age of 16, she moved to the United Kingdom to become a [[nanny]].<ref name="Yearning" /> Aged 20, she emigrated to the United States, settling in [[Indiana]].<ref name="Yearning" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1974, DeHaan co-founded the pioneering timeshare company [[Resort Condominiums International]], with her then-husband Jon DeHaan. In 1979, he had a heart attack, and she took over the running of the company. In 1987, they divorced; she was awarded half the company and bought the rest for $67.5 million.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Christel DeHaan|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/christel-dehaan/|website=Forbes|accessdate=June 3, 2019}}</ref><br />
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In 1995, she sold RCI for $825 million.<ref name="Forbes" /><ref name="Yearning" /><br />
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==Philanthropy==<br />
DeHaan founded and donated $220 million to the [[Christel House International]].<ref name="Forbes" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
In 1972, she married Jon DeHaan (b. 1940).<ref name="Yearning" /> She had three children and lived in [[Indianapolis]], Indiana, US.<ref name="Forbes" /> She died on June 6, 2020, at her home.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 6, 2020|title=Philanthropist, community leader Christel DeHaan dies at 77|url=https://cbs4indy.com/news/philanthropist-community-leader-christel-dehann-dies-at-77/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606155932/https://cbs4indy.com/news/philanthropist-community-leader-christel-dehann-dies-at-77/ |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020|website=WTTV CBS4Indy}}</ref><br />
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