Salma Hayek has no prenup with French billionaire François-Henri Pinault

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Actress Salma Hayek revealed this week that she does not have a prenuptial agreement to divide assets between herself and her mega-billionaire husband François-Henri Pinault, but told The Wall Street Journal she is on a mission to make her own fortune and feels under “pressure to make a certain amount of money.”

Key facts

Hayek, 58, married her 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).

The couple have a daughter together, 17-year-old Valentina, and keep their finances separate, Hayek told the Wall Street Journal Magazine.

The actress said she has no deal with Pinault and works to support “a lot of aspects of my life and myself,” with an ambition to make more money going forward, which her husband finds “kind of sexy.”

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Surprising facts

Both Hayek and Pinault originally come from wealth — her father was an oil executive, and Pinault inherited the retail conglomerate from her father — but Hayek said living among the ultra-wealthy put money in front of her in a way she didn’t expect. “For 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 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 dollars (2023 income) The company also owns the 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 winery Château Latour in France and a 3,000-piece art collection with 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, with whom he dated for less than six months in 2005.

Forbes valuation

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

Key

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 an Academy Award for Best Actress, Hayek has run Ventanarosa Productions since 1999. The company’s credits include “Ugly Betty,” “Santa Evita” and “Frida,” which was nominated for six Oscars. Hayek has also secured endorsement deals with brands such as Revlon, Avon cosmetics, Cartier and Kahlúa. Hayek has also embarked on several philanthropic missions—she built Kering Foundation, who supports women’s causes such as combating gender-based violence and sexual abuse, along with her husband founded Gucci Chime for Change, which promotes gender equality, with Beyoncé in 2013.

Further reading

Salma Hayek Pinault redefined Hollywood. Now she is redefining philanthropy. (WSJ Magazine)

Billionaire Francois Pinault is now the majority stakeholder in the Hollywood Agency of Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg (Forbes)

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

Day in the Life: Hanging out with feminist icons like Gloria Steinem and Salma Hayek (Forbes)