Who is François-Henri Pinault, the tycoon who gave 110 million euros to rebuild Notre Dame – 16/04/2019

François-Henri Pinault and his father will donate 100 million euros for the renovation of the one in Paris.

Pinault (son) is married to Mexican actress Salma Hayek and is president of the family holding and luxury group Kering. His father François Pinault, aged 82, founded the Kering Empire in 1963 as a forestry company in western France. Today, Kering has a market capitalization of more than 58 billion euros, according to MSN's Money, and is currently the third largest French player.

Pinault (son) oversees Kering, Gucci's parent company, consisting of Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent (YSL).
"My father (François Pinault) and I decided to release a sum of 100 million euros to participate in the complete reconstruction of Notre Dame," said Pinault today to the company.

Salma Hayek and Pinault were married in 2009, they have a daughter, 12-year-old Valentina Paloma. Between some crises – last year, rumors of separation were emerging – the wedding was happy in the presentation of Gucci's spring-summer 2019 collection during fashion week in Milan with her daughter.

Salma Hayek has repeatedly stated to have found in Pinault the man of his life. The millionaire had to ask him three times to marry him because of his phobia of marriage. She finally agreed and finally overcame her fears. "I live with the love of my life, a wonderful man, sure of himself and a feminist who loves strong women and who also knows how to take care of me.Because we are many strong women, with power and determination on our return home, we like to have someone to take care of us and take the reins, "said the actress to a Mexican media outlet.