Jeanne Chane

Jeanne Chane is a French Polynesian vanilla trader and the "single most powerful person in the Tahitian vanilla trade".

Biography

Chane was born in Uturoa on the island of Raiatea and is of Chinese descent. Her family has been involved in vanilla production for three generations, and she took over the family business at the age of twenty.
In 1995, she was made a knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit. In 2008, she was promoted to officer. In July 2017, she was made a knight of the Order of Tahiti Nui.