Billionaire John Paulson's divorce puts stock holdings at stake
They say age is just a number but so is billionaire John
Paulson’s bank balance.
After Page Six exclusively revealed the hedge funder is
getting a divorce, we have learned that the 65-year-old is dating 33-year-old
dietician Alina de Almeida.
Sources said the new couple met this summer and things have
been going so well, they are already living together in his swanky Fifth Avenue
apartment in Olympic Tower.
Paulson — who famously made $20 billion betting against the
housing market before the 2008 crash and is said to be worth at least $4.7
billion — filed for divorce from his wife of 21 years, Jenny, 50, on Monday.
A source said, “John does have a new, much younger
girlfriend and while it is still early days, the relationship is blossoming.
They are very happy.”
De Almeida is a certified registered dietician and expert in
weight loss counseling, and runs the company Effective Lifestyle, which also
has an Instagram feed featuring her in skimpy workout gear and offering
nutrition tips.
The beautiful brunette from Montclair, NJ, completed her
residency and clinical nutrition rotations at Columbia and Cornell NY
Presbyterian Hospital, according to her website, effective-lifestyle.com.
It is not clear how the new couple met, but sources say they
were spotted numerous times together in the Hamptons over the summer, dining at
sceney locations like Sag Harbor hotspot Le Bilboquet and East Hampton Japanese
eatery O by Kissake.
On Tuesday, Page Six exclusively revealed that Paulson had
filed for divorce from Jenny, with whom he has two daughters, in Suffolk
County, Long Island.
The couple does not have a pre-nuptial agreement, according
to sources, setting the stage for an epic divorce battle over his billions and
their extensive property holdings, which include estates in Southampton and
Aspen, as well as a 28,000-square-foot apartment in Manhattan.
Both Paulson and Jenny are well known as generous
philanthropists, having given $100 million to the Central Park Conservancy,
almost $10 million to charter school network Success Academy through the
Paulson Family Foundation, plus his donation of $400 million to Harvard to
endow the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
The Paulson Family Foundation could become a bone of
contention in the divorce, because it is extremely important and valuable.
They have both hired top New York divorce attorneys. John is
being represented by William D. Zabel at Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP, while
Jenny has retained Manhattan’s possibly most feared marital attorney, Robert S.
Cohen of Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP.
Paulson’s attorney Zabel declined to comment. De Almeida did
not get back to us.
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