This is crazy guys, a man(pictured above) who has been married to
Britain's wealthiest female entrepreneur, is divorcing her, because she
is now too rich.
The 57 year old man who was a former maths teacher by name,Tony Hawken
and his wife, 51-year old Xiu Li, says he wants a divorce because he is fed up with being wealthy!
The couple who met on a blind date and was poor when they first married,
were catapulted into the world of the super-rich after Li's idea of
building shopping centres in disused Chinese air-raid shelters earned
her an estimated £1.1billion by 2011 and placed her on The Sunday Times
Rich List.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London,
and bought a £1.5million house in Surrey. Li, who is now worth
$1.2billion (£700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a
life which included sipping a £900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon's.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and shunned designer clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: 'I think it made me
uncomfortable because I'm not in the habit, I don't like spending lots
of money — I've been brought up that way.
Ladies and guys, can you ever break up with someone because the
person has too much money?? Is there such thing as 'too' much money
sef....can money ever be too much? I don't understand this guy!
He also said, 'Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I've been
moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.'
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just £1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: 'I have got a settlement which is not great, but it's enough
for me because I don't have an extravagant lifestyle. I won't have to
work if I'm careful.'
'I'm getting a pittance when you consider her potential wealth, but I don't really want to fight it.'
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he
didn't push for it over fears it would affect the couple's teenage son
William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children.
Li owns 22 shopping centres and is president of football team Guizhou Renhe, who are third in the Chinese Super League.
Pls share your thoughts on this
na gobe, 1st class mumu
ReplyDeleteI like how the world is going this days, this should be a lesson to all my ladies out there that not all man want to married rich woman.
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