Who is John Paulson's girlfriend? Billionaire, 65, dating dietician, 33, after divorce
Billionaire John Paulson is divorcing Jenny Paulson after more than 20 years of marriage. Now, reports have emerged that John is allegedly dating 33-year-old Instagram yoga influencer Alina de Almeida, whom he met this summer.
The divorce has been filed in Suffolk County, New York, with John represented by William D. Zabel. It is said that there’s no pre-nuptial agreement, Page Six said citing an unidentified source. “John has deep respect for Jenny and will continue to support all that is best for the health and happiness of the family,” Zabel said on September 21 in a statement.
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Who is Alina de Almeida?
The Page Six report states that the 65-year-old billionaire is dating 33-year-old dietician Alina de Almeida. According to the report, 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. 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, claims the article. Almeida hails from Montclair, NJ, and has done her residency and clinical nutrition rotations at Columbia and Cornell NY Presbyterian Hospital. It is not clear how the alleged duo met, but sources have revealed that two have been spotted numerous times together in the Hamptons over the summer, dining at scenery locations like Sag Harbor hotspot Le Bilboquet and East Hampton Japanese eaterie O by Kissack.
Back in the days, John hired his soon-to-be ex-wife, Jenny as an assistant after she delivered lunch to him and his staff from the Bear Stearns cafeteria. She was a recent immigrant from Romania and had been granted political asylum in the US. As he approached his mid-40s, John decided he needed to get married and that Jenny had the cheerful personality he was looking for, according to “The Greatest Trade Ever,” a book by Gregory Zuckerman. “Jenny didn’t drink, smoke or go out late at night; for me she was a breath of fresh air,” Paulson was quoted as saying in the book. He asked her out for a year, but she refused to date him unless he fired her and found her another job. She eventually agreed to go to lunch with him and after more than 200 meals together he proposed to her and the couple later got married.
Now the 65-year-old business guru has cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the breakup, according to paperwork filed September 20 in Suffolk County. The former couple has both hired powerful New York divorce attorneys in a move that insiders in the legal world are billing as “the clash of the titans.” It is also reported that the estranged couple, parents to two daughters, Giselle and Danielle, had grown apart and “been living different lives in the last 15 years.”