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Salma Hayek Does Not Have a Marriage Agreement with French Billionaire François-Henri Pinault
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Salma Hayek Does Not Have a Marriage Agreement with French Billionaire François-Henri Pinault

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Actress Salma Hayek revealed this week that there was no prenuptial agreement between her and her mega-billionaire husband François-Henri Pinault to divide their assets. Wall Street Magazine he feels on a mission to make a fortune for himself and under “pressure to make a certain amount of money.”

Basic Information

Hayek, 58, married husband Pinault, 62, in 2009 after three years of dating and was instantly catapulted into the world of the ultra-rich (Pinault heads luxury group Kering and is worth more than $20 billion).

Hayek told the Wall Street Journal Magazine that the couple has a 17-year-old daughter named Valentina and that they keep their finances separate.

The actress said she had no prenup with Pinault and that she was working to support “many aspects of my life and myself” with the ambition of making more money in the future because her husband found her “a little bit sexy”.

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Surprising Fact

Both Hayek and Pinault originally came from wealthy families—her father was an oil executive and Pinault inherited the retail conglomerate from his father—but Hayek said living among the ultra-rich brought money to the forefront in a way she didn’t expect. “To me, the thrill of having a lot of money was that I didn’t have to think about money, and it turned out that the only thing people wanted to talk to me about was money,” Hayek said. WSJ Magazine.

Key Background

pinault He inherited a retail conglomerate called Pinault-Printemps-Redoute from his father in 2005 and has since transformed it into Kering, a luxury group that owns brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta. $21.2 billion (2023 revenues) company also owns the watch brand Girard-Perregaux. In addition to Kering, Pinault is also chairman of the investment firm Group Artémis, and the family owns Christie’s Auction House. Creative Artists Agency talent agency, the Château Latour winery in France, and a 3,000-piece art collection including works by Picasso, Mondrian and Koons. Hayek is Pinault’s second wife and Valentina is his fourth child. He has two children with his first wife, Dorothée Lepère, and a child with supermodel Linda Evangelista, whom he dated for less than six months in 2005.

Forbes Valuation

pinault As of Wednesday, he was the 99th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $20.6 billion.

Tangent

Hayek directed Ventanarosa in addition to major acting roles in films such as “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” and “Frida,” which made her the first Mexican actress to be nominated for a best acting Academy Award. We have been producing since 1999. credit These include “Ugly Betty,” “Santa Evita” and “Frida,” which was nominated for six Oscars. Hayek has also signed endorsement deals with brands like Revlon. avon cosmetic, Cartier And kahlua. Hayek also embarked on various philanthropic missions; Kering Foundation, With her husband, she founded Gucci Chime for Change, which supports women’s causes such as combating gender-based violence and sexual abuse, and promotes gender equality with Beyoncé in 2013.

Additional Reading

Salma Hayek Pinault Redefined Hollywood. Now Redefining Philanthropy. (WSJ Magazine)

Billionaire Francois Pinault Is Now the Majority Shareholder of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s Hollywood Agency (Forbes)

Interview: Salma Hayek Talks ‘Happiness,’ Her Character, and More. (Forbes)

A Day in the Life: Hanging Out with Feminist Icons Like Gloria Steinem and Salma Hayek (Forbes)