The coupleoriginallymarriedon Valentine’s Day 2009 in Paris, France.
Around a year and a half earlier, the couple welcomed their first and only child together, Valentina.
Headlines often refer to Pinault as a “French billionaire.”
That is, amulti-billionaire.
As it happens, Hayek’s hubby is one of the wealthiest people on the planet.
Here’s what else you should know about this uber rich fella.
The business has never left the family, but it has changed dramatically since first opening its doors.
That change in direction has been worthwhile to say the least.
As of early 2019,Forbesestimates the Pinault family’s net worth to be in the11-figurerange.
He loved being in the U.S. so much that he contemplated attending Stanford to continue studying business.
Nevertheless, Pinault wasn’t able to secure a green card and thus moved back home.
According toFortune, that meant along13-year apprenticeship.
Although Pinault runs the show these days, he started out as a salesman.
During his time in sales, Pinault grew increasingly interested in the tech side of business.
In the late ’90s, he developed a website to sell books and electronics called FNAC.
With that, Pinault would now be the one in charge.
The staff explained that, since he was now the boss, he had a new office.
Unbeknownst to him, his father had switched offices with his son.
“It was funny and dramatic and surreal.
I knew it was coming, but I never expected it to happen so fast,” he explained.
Though, Hayek was originally confused about who it was she would be seeing.
“She said, ‘What do you mean?
I’m not going out with some 70-year-old guy,” Viglezio revealed toThe New York Times.
“She thought she was supposed to go out with his father.”
Even after they met, Hayek had some reservations about Pinault.
In an interview shared byNTD, Hayek revealed that she didn’t think he was her throw in.
But once they started talking, they realized they had a lot in common.
They discussed their love of soccer and science.
Hayek now asserts Pinault to be her “perfect match.”
Hayek, too, wasworking as an actress a job that obviously isn’t known to pay poorly.
After having their daughter, Hayek considered not going back to work.
Naturally, the family of three could afford to go down to one income consideringhow rich her partner is.
“Oh, no, you’re going back to work,” Hayek revealed Pinault’s response toAllure.
When she protested, Pinault told her, “Well, you have to.
We’re not putting up with some lazy girl in the house.
That’s not who I married.”
In fact, this system was already in place when Pinault proposed.
It was then that she informed him of her plan to stay financially independent.
“And he goes, ‘I know.
That’s why I want to marry you,'” she explained to the publication.
Hayek speculated that this may be one of the reasons their marriage is working so well.
“I still have my independence.
But he likes it.
…And I get a lot of respect from him.”
In 1999, the Pinault family bought a large stake in Gucci.
Pinault even owns Puma.
“Nostalgia kills happiness,” Pinault’s father toldFortune.
“It can be a big danger to get too attached to a firm’s activities.”
Not surprisingly, his son agrees.
“It’s not the philosophy of the group to be unchanging,” Pinault revealed.
By 2016, he made somemajorstrides and paved the way for other luxury fashion brands.
Kering’s stockdoubledin just the four years since turning to more sustainable practices.
Just one way in which Pinault has been pursuing sustainable practices is through his research of alternative leathers.
One of Pinault’s brands, Stella McCartney in conjunction with Bolt Threads has even introducedleather made from mushrooms.
Pinault’s not kidding about making luxury fashion sustainable.
At the time, this figure sounded like a very lofty goal.
The future seems to be a motivator for Pinault.
Thankfully for Pinault, he doesn’t have to worry about that just yet.
As of January 2019, the Pinault family’s net worth is estimated at$27.2 billion.
With a year to go to hit his seemingly farfetched goal, he’s nearly there.
