Sad News: Hollywood Sensation Salma Hayek finally drops bomb on how she was dragged to the alter by her family…..see more as she reveals the shocking details…..

Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault have been married since 2009

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault arrive at the LACMA 2015 Art+Film Gala Honoring James Turrell And Alejandro G Inarritu, Presented By Gucci at LACMA on November 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California
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Salma Hayek and her husband, French businessman François-Henri Pinault, have been together for nearly two decades.

The pair began dating in 2006 and welcomed their daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, the following year. They tied the knot in Paris in 2009 and nine years later, Pinault surprised the actress with a vow renewal in Bora Bora.

After Hayek and Pinault were married, the actress changed her legal name to Salma Hayek Pinault. However, almost everyone in the entertainment business “refused” to adopt her new moniker.

“My publicists are now saying okay – because they don’t even put it sometimes in the movies and like, ‘Why didn’t you put her full name? Oh, we forgot. Sorry, it’s been printed.’ ” Hayek said on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Over the years, Hayek has opened up about their happy marriage, even calling Pinault the “best husband in the world.” In 2017, she said, “I married the right guy. That is probably the most important thing. We support each other in everything we do. We want the other one to strive. [It] makes you happy when the other one strives.”

During another interview, the Eternals actress explained her and Pinault’s secret to their relationship, saying, “We’ve never said anything nasty to each other. No resentment.”

In May 2023, Hayek celebrated Pinault’s 61st birthday with a sweet shout-out on Instagram.

“Happy birthday mi amor,” she wrote. “You are my sunshine, my warmth, my light, my strength, my joy, my love.”

Here’s everything to know about Salma Hayek’s husband, François-Henri Pinault.

His family owns a luxury fashion empire

Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City
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When Pinault was a baby, his father, also named François, founded a timber and building materials business called Pinault. In 1999, the company bought a 42 percent stake in the Gucci Group. Eventually, the business rebranded as luxury goods company Kering, which today owns Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta and Alexander McQueen along with other well-known luxury brands.

He went to school for business management

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City
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Pinault graduated from the HEC business school and joined the Pinault Group in 1987. According to Kering, he held “senior positions in several of the Group’s operating subsidiaries,” even becoming Chairman of Artemis, Kering’s controlling shareholder, in 2003.

He became a CEO at 40

Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek attend the 70th anniversary event during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2017 in Cannes, France
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In 2005, Pinault, then 40, took over the role of CEO of Kering from his father. “I knew it was coming, but I never expected it to happen so fast,” he told The New York Times in 2013.

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