Salma Hayek’s billionaire husband, French fashion magnate Francois-Henri Pinault, donated over $113 million to restore Notre-Dame Cathedral after it was ravaged by a fire in 2019.
The power couple was one of the more than 1,500 guests, including over 50 world leaders, first lady Jill Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, to attend the reopening of the Catholic landmark in Paris Saturday.
Pinault’s father, François, who has a net worth of over $21 billion, founded the $22 billion-dollar French luxury group Kering, which owns fashion brands Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Gucci.
Now, Pinault, who has a net worth of $7 billion, runs the company, which also owns the famed auction house Christie’s.
The Pinaults, one of the three richest families in France, pledged their donation along with the other two families — who own LVMH Group and L’Oreal — which made headlines back in 2019.
“My father [François Pinault] and myself have decided to release a sum of €100 million from our Artemis funds [the family holding company] to participate in the effort that will be necessary for the complete reconstruction of Notre-Dame,” Pinault said in a statement to French newspaper Le Figaro at the time.
On the day of the fire, Hayek shared a picture of the iconic building burning, with the caption, “As many others I’m in deep shock and sadness to witness the beauty of Notre-Dame turn into smoke. I love you Paris.”
Hayek, 58, a native of Mexico, and Pinault, 62, met in 2006 at a gala at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy.
They tied the knot in 2009 and have a 17-year-old daughter, Valentina Paloma.
The “Frida” star recently revealed to the Wall Street Journal that she never signed a prenup when they got hitched — once in a Paris city hall ceremony in Paris, and then in a star-studded soiree in Venice, where she wore a $434,000 Balenciaga gown.
