Topline

Actress Salma Hayek revealed this week that she has no prenuptial agreement to divide assets between herself and her mega-billionaire husband François-Henri Pinault, but told the Wall Street Journal that she is on a mission to make a fortune of her own and feels insecure feels. pressure to earn a certain amount of money.”

Key facts

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Surprising fact

Both Hayek and Pinault originally came from the wealthy world — her father was an oil executive and Pinault inherited his father’s retail conglomerate — but Hayek said living among the ultra-rich pushed money to the forefront in a way she didn’t expect. “For me, the exciting thing about 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 told WSJ Magazine.

Important background

Pinault inherited a retail conglomerate called Pinault-Printemps-Redoute from his father in 2005 and has since turned it into Kering, a luxury group that owns brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta. The $21.2 billion (2023 revenue) company also owns watch brand Girard-Perregaux. In addition to Kering, Pinault is president of the investment company Group Artémis and the family owns Christie’s Auction House, the talent agency Creative Artists 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 one with supermodel Linda Evangelista, whom he dated for less than six months in 2005.

Forbes rating

Pinault was ranked Wednesday as the 99th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $20.6 billion.

Tangent

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 the Best Actor Oscar, Hayek has helmed Ventanarosa. Productions since 1999. The company’s credits include ‘Ugly Betty’, ‘Santa Evita’ and ‘Frida’, which was nominated for six Oscars. Hayek has also signed endorsement deals with brands such as Revlon, Avon Cosmetics, Cartier and Kahlúa. Hayek has also signed endorsement deals with brands such as Revlon, Avon Cosmetics, Cartier and Kahlúa. embarked on several philanthropic missions: she co-founded the Kering Foundation with her husband, which supports women’s causes such as combating gender-based violence and sexual abuse, and in 2013 co-founded Chime for Change with Beyoncé Gucci, which promotes gender equality.

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