Salma Hayek has revealed that she feels “pressure” to earn her own income despite being married to a billionaire.
The 58-year-old Hollywood star has had a long and successful career in the film industry.
According to reports, the From Dusk Till Dawn star has a net worth of an estimated $200 million – which is from her hard work in Hollywood and various entrepreneurial pursuits.
Although Hayek has enough money to last a lifetime and is married to François-Henri Pinault, a French businessman with an estimated net worth of $20.6 billion – she revealed in a recent interview with Wall Street Journal Magazine that she feels “pressure” to make money.
“I support a lot of the aspects of my life and myself,” she candidly shared. “I have the pressure to make a certain amount of money, and I like it. And now, I decided, I want to make more.”
Hayek disclosed that she and her husband, who was ranked as the 99th richest person in the world, keep their finances “separate” even though there’s “no prenuptial agreement dividing assets”.
She said the billionaire marvels at her work ethic and revealed that she’s considering more business ventures with their 17-year-old daughter, Valentina.
The couple, who tied the knot in 2009 after three years of dating, both came from wealth.
The Eternals star’s father was an oil executive, while the CEO of luxury retail group Kering inherited the empire from his father. However, the actress admitted that living among the wealthy put money at the forefront of her mind.
“To me, the excitement about having a lot of money was that I didn’t have to think about money, and it turned out all people wanted to talk to me about was money,” Hayek said.
She noticed other affluent people wanted to become friends with her simply because of her finances. “Strangers coming to me that aren’t even friends, but they think we should be friends because they’re rich too,” she told WSJ.
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Back in April, Hayek took to her Instagram to celebrate her and Pinault’s 15th wedding anniversary.
“There are no words to explain the blessing of finding your soulmate,” she wrote in the caption, sharing pictures from their special day.
“For all of you who found it, never take it for granted. For all of you who haven’t, never give up #tbt to one of the best days of my life,” she added.
