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Salma Hayek has revealed that she and her billionaire husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, never signed a prenup when they got married more than a decade ago.

The Mexican-born actor, 58, opened up about her 15-year marriage to the CEO of Kering, a luxury group that owns high-end brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen. In a recent interview with the Wall Street JournalHayek explained that she and her husband keep their finances completely separate.

“I support many aspects of my life and myself,” she said. “I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money, and I like that. And now I’ve decided I want to make more.”

Both Hayek and Pinault were originally born into wealthy families. The Frida Star’s father was an oil executive and she grew up in the coastal town of Coatzacoalcos with four live-in maids. Meanwhile, Pinault inherited the luxury retail conglomerate – then called Pinault-Printemps-Redoute – from his father, François Pinault, in 2005.

However, Hayek was forced to support her family as an actor in Hollywood when her father lost his fortune, a challenging period during which she says she “became the best version of myself.”

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When they married the French businessman in 2009, House of Gucci star explained how she found herself in an environment where money largely dominated conversations – a lifestyle change 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 the newspaper. WJ. “I have strangers coming up to me who aren’t even friends, but they think we should be friends because they are rich too.”

According to ForbesPinault has an estimated net worth of $20.6 billion. He is currently the 99th richest person in the world.

The Magic Mike’s last dance The star started dating Pinault in 2006, and the following year they welcomed their now 17-year-old daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault. After tying the knot in Paris on Valentine’s Day in 2009, the couple hosted a larger wedding celebration in Venice, Italy.

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Pinault shares two children from his previous marriage to Dorothée Lepère: son François, 26, and daughter Mathilde, 23. Pinault also has an 18-year-old son, Augustin James, from his relationship with supermodel Linda Evangelista.

Despite being together for almost two decades, Hayak has faced criticism in the past about her relationship with the billionaire, from critics who believe she married Pinault for money. Hayek defended her marriage to Pinault during an appearance at Dax Shepard’s Armchair expert Podcast in 2021.

“I didn’t know who he was,” Shepard said at the time. “I just heard or read in a headline that you married a very rich man, maybe that’s why she married him. Don’t know. I meet him and I’m like, ‘This guy is so cunning, the confidence, his eyes, he looks so handsome and charming.’

Hayak replied, “When I married him, everyone said, ‘Oh, it’s an arranged marriage, she married him for the money.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, whatever, b****. Think what you want.’ Fifteen years together, and we are strong in love. And I don’t even feel offended, I say, ‘Yeah, whatever.’