François-Henri Pinault is a wealthy wealthy french business man who is CEO of a holdings group that owns lux brands like Gucci, Yves Saint-Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Boucheron, Alexander McQueen I could go on and on. It’s madness. So the money is not an issue with this family, but the sentiment is still amazing.
After news broke, and while the blaze still raged on, Hayek’s husband Pinault pledged $113 million to help rebuild the cathedral.
In a statement obtained by French newspaper Le Figaro, Pinault, 56, said, “My father (François Pinault) and myself have decided to release a sum of €100 million from our Artemis funds (the family holding company) to participate in the effort that will be necessary for the complete reconstruction of Notre-Dame.”