Francois-Henri Pinot: photo, biography, date of birth

No one knows for sure if there is heaven in heaven, buthere, on earth, for very many, it certainly is, because the life that dozens of prosperous, rich and happy people lead, can not be called otherwise than paradise. To such dudes of fate, of course, applies and Francois-Henri Pinault. In March 2013, according to the Forbes magazine, the Pino family owned a fortune of $ 15 billion. It's hard for yourself to at least in some way refuse, when the whole world is in your palm. But has the youngest Francois Pinot always been happy or did he have storm clouds on his life sky?

Pedigree

Grandfather Francois-Henri Pino was a simple traderwood in Brittany - a province in north-west France. The father of the future billionaire was sent to school, but he did not shine with success in studies. He was more attracted to business than lessons. Therefore, at the age of 16, the young man left school and tried to start his own business, earning money where necessary. Nothing significant without achieving, he went to Algeria. What François Pinot Sr. was doing there is unknown, but he returned home with the amount of money that allowed him to marry. The choice fell on Louise Gautier, the daughter of the supplier of wood. Dowry and own capital gave the opportunity to finally open their own business. Francois Pinault became a wood merchant in his incomplete 27 years. Meanwhile, in the family, one after another, three children appeared, the eldest of whom was our hero François-Henri Pinault. The boy was about 4 years old when his parents divorced. Louise Gauthier did not show herself after the divorce, so there is practically no information about her. And Pinot Sr. actively multiplied his wealth, truthfully and crookly picking up new companies, and gradually brought his fortune to $ 8 billion.

Francois-Henri Pinault: biography

The life of this man can be confidently calledhappy. Since childhood he lived in prosperity and did not know any big difficulties. The only dark spot - the divorce of parents - little than overshadowed the boy's existence, since his father always took a direct part in his life. Born Francois-Henri Pinault in 1962, on May 28, so that soon he will turn 54 years old. He has brothers Domenik and Sister Lawrence and half-sister Florence. François Sr., himself never experienced a special craving for science, decided to give his children the best and most prestigious education. Francois-Henri Pino graduated in 1985 from the European Business School in Paris, and also in Los Angeles completed his service in the French consulate. In 1987, he successfully began his career with the PPR team, now known as Kering.

Career

Thanks to the fame of his father, friends with himselfJacques Chirac, solid capital and his brilliant business qualities, François-Henri Pino quickly moved through the ranks. After a year of work in the company, namely in 1988, he became a purchasing manager, and in 1989, the main manager of France Bois Industries. His career soared up at lightning speed. So, in 1993, Pino was appointed CEO of CFAO, in 1997 - CEO of FNAC, and in 2000 he was already vice president and president of the board of the FNAC branch, the largest French retail chain specializing in electronic and cultural products. In 2001, Francois-Henri Pino became a member of the Security Council of Kering, in 2003, vice-president of this council, plus the president of "Artemis", donated by his father. In 2007, Pino additionally became president of the PUMA executive committee in addition to all regalia, and in 2001 he headed the Kering holding, which includes the world's most famous brands.

First marriage

Many believe that in no way is writtenhandsome Francois-Henri Pinault. Photos of this man, shot at different times, show an ordinary man with the most ordinary appearance, but for some reason the woman he always the most beautiful. The first wife of Pino was Dorothea Leper. The marriage lasted only 8 years (1996-2004), for which the son of François (1997) and the daughter of Matilda (born in 1999) managed to be born. After the divorce, the father-billionaire maintains the warmest relations with the children. So, they even kept flowers during the wedding ceremony of their dad with actress Salma Hayek.

A romance with Linda Evangelista

Since Francois-Henri Pino himself used to shine insociety and always feels in the world of luxury as a fish in water, women themselves, he also chooses luxurious and brilliant. One of them was Linda Evangelista model, famous for the phrase that she would not do anything less than ten thousand dollars, but she would not even get out of bed. Pino got acquainted with the new passion in September 2005, but in January 2006 the pair fled. The reason is trivial - the pregnancy of a lover and her unwillingness to have an abortion. Francois-Henri Pinault and Linda Evangelista became each other not just strangers, they started the war in court first for recognizing the paternity of the model-born son Augustine (2006), then for child support of $ 46,000 monthly. A billionaire who spends much more on his whims, believes that the amount of alimony is too high. Linda, on the contrary, assures that this is exactly the money that is needed to pay staff (nannies, guards, drivers and others) caring for her son while she is busy getting the daily bread. Pino in the court as additional arguments explaining his reluctance to help his son, claims that he insisted on an abortion and never intended to marry Linda, because he did not even know it properly.

Second wife and first big love

Salma Hayek is well known to our viewers onsensational films "Faculty", "Bandits", "From sunset to dawn". As an actress she started in her homeland in Mexico, then went to conquer Hollywood, where she achieved considerable success. Only in her personal life she had victories without success. In 2006, she met Francois-Henri Pinot and at first considered their relationship as another novel. But the incredible thing happened: Salma became pregnant at the age of 40, and her chevalier was happy about it. The actress was already beginning to think about the family nest, but then scandals broke out with Linda Evangelista, although Pinot pleaded with his former passion to regret Salma, who was very hard to give her late pregnancy. In 2007, finally, the long-awaited daughter of Valentine Paloma was born, and in 2008 the couple broke up.

Wedding

The betrayal of lovers lasted only a fewmonths, from summer to autumn. Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault cemented their union with a modest painting on Valentine's Day 2009. After two and a half months, namely on April 25, they decided to arrange a second wedding, this time magnificent and luxurious. She passed in an old and very beautiful castle, and the wedding took place at the La Fenice Theater. On the eve of the celebration, the couple organized a masquerade ball. For the guests introduced a special dress code - outfits of the Venetian era and mandatory masks. The wedding cost about 4 million dollars, but the happy Pino allowed his bride-wife not to care about expenses and not to deny himself anything. This wedding became famous not only for thematic organization, but also for the presence on it of the most famous personalities in the world. Even Jacques Chirac and his wife came to the celebration, effectively landed in front of the castle on their own helicopter.

Weekdays Francois-Henri Pinot

This person not only lives in luxury, but alsoworks very hard. True, in the world of business they say that he follows in the footsteps of his father, especially not abasing anything. The basis of such judgments is a scandal with stolen paintings exhibited as lots at the auction of Christie's owned by Pinot.

And the younger daughter also began to worryFrancois-Henri Pinault. Date of birth of the girl is 21.07.2007. Until the last doctors assumed that she had Down syndrome, but the baby, fortunately, is healthy and develops normally.

Billionaire can afford to buythe best real estate in any country of the world, but here with neighbors to it carries not always. So, recently one of them shot a favorite sheep-dog named Mozart, claiming that a kind and gentle dog threatened his life. And although almost 50 animals live on the Pinot ranch, many of which were taken for the sake of saving their lives on the street, the Pino family survived Mozart's death very hard.

Despite minor problems, the life of Francois-Henri Pinault passes in perfect harmony. His business is developing successfully, he himself does not cherish his soul in his wife and daughter and spends all his free time with them.