Salma Hayek is sharing some insight into her financials with husband and Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault.
During a conversation with The Wall Street Journal, the actress opened up about her relationship with the head of the group’s luxury brands, including Gucci, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and more.
After noting that she didn’t sign a prenup when they got married in 2009, she explained that they have separate finances, and she often finds herself striving to make her own money.
“I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself,” she told the publication. “I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money, and I like it. And now, I decided, I want to make more.”
Now that their daughter, Valentina, is 17 years old and almost an adult, Hayek revealed 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 kind of sexy,” she said.
In addition to a flourishing acting and producing career, the Oscar nominee also spends a lot of her time doing philanthropy. In the last three years, she has helped turn the Kering Foundation’s annual fundraising dinner in New York into one of the most highly anticipated festivities. This year’s event, which shines a light on the fight against gender-based violence, raised about $3 million.
While she was born wealthy, Hayek’s father lost his fortune when she was in her 20s and had just moved to Los Angeles, where she was a struggling actress before her career took off. However, when she married Pinault, who’s valued at $21.8 billion according to Bloomberg, her wealth hit another level.
“To me, the excitement about having a lot of money was that I didn’t have to think about money, and it turned out all people wanted to talk to me about was money,” she said about joining his family. “Strangers coming to me that aren’t even friends, but they think we should be friends 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 firm he controls, bought a majority stake in the talent agency.
