In the eighties Kirsty Bertarelli was the most beautiful woman in Great Britain, later a successful singer and now she is richer than the Queen: The 50-year-old makes headlines with her divorce from entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli.
The high society in Great Britain and Switzerland is talking about this divorce: Kirsty and Ernesto Bertarelli go their separate ways after 21 years together. She was elected Miss United Kingdom in 1988 at the age of 17 and took second place in the Miss World election that same year, he is one of the richest men in the world.
Kirsty Bertarelli was born in Staffordshire, England in 1971, her father was already a successful entrepreneur. In the nineties, the former beauty queen worked as a model in London, partying with actress Elizabeth Hurley and designer Tamara Mellon, among others. She later made a career as a singer and songwriter. In the summer of 2010 she was on stage with Mick Hucknall and his band Simply Red at a concert in Edinburgh. In 2000 she co-wrote the girl band All Saints’ hit “Black Coffee”. Kirsty Bertarelli met her husband during a dinner in Sardinia, and in 2000 the couple married and had three children. After more than two decades, their marriage has now failed.
“Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli confirm with regret that they have divorced,” a spokesman for the couple told the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Accordingly, the separation was amicable. However, the amount of the severance payment that Ernesto Bertarelli paid his wife is kept silent.
Richer than Mick Jagger and Queen Elizabeth II.
The “Daily Mail” speculates that it is the sum of 350 million pounds (about 410 million euros) and that the 50-year-old is the richest British divorced in history. Kirsty Bertarelli is now wealthier than singer Mick Jagger, singer Adele and even Queen Elizabeth II, writes the paper. Because in addition to the millions, the mother of three has received a villa on Lake Geneva and a chalet in the ski resort of Gstaad – a total value of around 60 million pounds. During their divorce, Bertarelli was represented by lawyer Fiona Shackleton. Her clients already included Prince Charles and Paul McCartney.
Born in Italy, Ernesto Bertarelli has had Swiss citizenship for 32 years and lives with his family in Gstaad. In 1998 he and his sister inherited the family company Serono, the third largest biotechnology company in the world. The 56-year-old also bought numerous start-ups and invests in the real estate market. That ranks him 288th among the richest people in the world with a fortune of $ 8.6 billion. According to this, the entire Bertarelli family is worth $ 20.5 billion. The entrepreneur should certainly get over the million-dollar settlement for his wife.
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