Salma Hayek shares some insight into her finances with her husband and Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault.
During a conversation with THE Wall Street Journalthe actress spoke about her relationship with the head of the group's luxury brands, including Gucci, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and others.
After noting that she didn't sign a prenuptial agreement when they married in 2009, he explained that they have separate finances and often finds himself struggling to earn money.
“I stand by many aspects of my life and myself,” she told the publication. “I have the pressure to earn a certain amount of money and I like that. And now, I have decided, I want to do more.”
Now that their daughter, Valentina, is 17 and almost an adult, Hayek revealed that she's pursuing some business ideas that she's not ready to discuss just yet, and her husband is fully on board. “I think he finds it pretty sexy,” she said.
In addition to a thriving career as an actress and producer, the Oscar nominee dedicates much of her time to philanthropy. For the past three years he has helped turn the Kering Foundation's annual fundraising dinner in New York into one of the most anticipated festivities. This year's event, which shines a light on the fight against gender-based violence, raised approximately $3 million.
Although she was born rich, Hayek's father lost his fortune when she was in her twenties and had just moved to Los Angeles, where she was a struggling actress before her career took off. However, when she married Pinault, who is worth $21.8 billion according to Bloomberg, her wealth reached another level.
“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 all people wanted to talk to me about was money,” he said of joining his family. “I have strangers come up to me who aren't even friends, but they think we should be because they're rich too.”
Pinault, for his part, has expanded beyond luxury fashion. As of September 2023, he became the new majority owner of CAA, when the investment company he controlled purchased a majority stake in the talent agency.