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She is an internationally acclaimed actress for her outstanding career and status as a Latin bomb. He is one of the largest French fortunes, heading the Kering Group, the second largest luxury company in the world after LVMH. With 11 years of love on the clock, Salma Hayek and François Henri-Pinault are still in love. Back on their story.

Salma Hayek and François Henri-Pinault meet on the occasion of the inauguration of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice on April 29, 2006. The heir to the Kering Empire attends the event accompanied by his brother and sister, failing to have a companion on his arm. François Henri-Pinault is indeed single since his divorce with the mother of his two children. Salma Hayek's presence at the event is far from innocuous. The organizers of the event, in search of international stars, have learned that Pénélope Cruz and Salma Hayek, stars of the movie Bandidas, are currently staying in Rome. Only the Mexican actress agrees to attend the event.

An unexpected love at first sight

François Henri-Pinault is here to welcome the beautiful actress. They have already met a few times during social evenings, but had never really had the opportunity to be properly speaking. It is now done. The Latin actress even has her place all found at the table of the businessman. Loved, they spend the whole evening together, never ceasing to discuss. And their topics of discussion are, to say the least, absurd. "At first, I thought it was not my type of man. And then we started talking about football, we are both big fans. Then we talked about science. We love space and physics. He was so smart, and funny, nobody had ever told me about these things, at least for a first meeting, she tells in an interview. It's a love at first sight. Soon, they are displayed together, spreading their love as soon as they can.

The desire to start a family

If they want to move in together, Salma Hayek, living at the pace of an international career, wants to stay in the United States. After tough negotiations, the actress nevertheless agrees to join her companion in France, on one condition: they become parents.

On September 21, 2007, she gives birth to Valentina Paloma. This is the third child of the businessman, the first for Salma. Becoming a mother, the actress dreamed about it. Today, the little family left the Parisian capital to take refuge in London. On the subject of motherhood, the actress will tell Gala "I do not remember my life before. I have, I think, always been kindergarten. The actress admits to being a loving but strict mother, the opposite of her husband, player and more dilettante.

If their story happened very quickly, just like the birth of the fruit of their love, marriage, it is only in 2009, February 14, Valentine's Day. They are united in the biggest of discretions for mayor of the 6 th arrondissement of Paris, and a few weeks later, they organize a big party, surrounded by their friends in the place of their meeting in Venice. The festivities take place at the Venice Opera House, La Fenice.

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A welded couple

Since then, the couple is always more in love, exchanging kisses and complicit smiles at each of their appearances. After 11 years of love, including 8 years of marriage, lovers are always romantic to each other. "As a husband, he is a very romantic man. Even today, he offers dinners for one to one, he knows how to surprise me with flowers and move me with beautiful messages. I am very romantic, but the most romantic of us two is him! She explained to Gala.

Both at the head of the company - besides being an actress, Salma is also a producer, in particular of the series to success - Ugly Betty - they do not hesitate to support each other in case of difficulty. While producing the movie The Prophet (released in 2014), the actress loses one of her investors. Fundamentally independent, she refuses first that François Henri-Pinault part of the film. She gives in, however, and accepts the help of her husband. Partners in life and business, Salma Hayek and François Henri-Pinault form a resolutely modern couple.