The Oscar-winning actress and the former director of Ferrari celebrated their union, this Wednesday, July 27, during an intimate ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland. The couple owns a home there, perched on the hills of the city.
Nineteen years of engagement and finally: the celebration. This Wednesday, July 27, actress Michelle Yeoh and entrepreneur Jean Todt sealed their union in Geneva, Switzerland. The news was revealed by Brazilian pilot Felipe Massa, who shared the announcement of the ceremony, visibly intimate, on Instagram. The card mentions the couple’s love story, which began in China, we learn. “We met in Shanghai on June 4, 2004. On July 26, 2004, JT (Jean Todt, Ed.) proposed to MY (Michelle Yeoh, editor’s note) to marry him and she said YES! Today, after 6,992 days, on July 27, 2023 in Geneva, surrounded by loving family and friends, we are so happy to celebrate this special moment together!”
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In the photographs of the Instagram post, we can see the actress in several outfits – a corseted dress and a tiered skirt, white, of course – who holds her Oscar in her hands. The golden statuette was given to him this year for his role in the film Everything Everywhere All At Oncemaking her the first Asian actress to be crowned best actress.
As for her husband, he appeared in a dark suit and tie. Aged 77, Jean Todt is described by some as a “legend” after becoming the first Frenchman to lead the Formula 1 team Scuderia Ferrari, from 1993 to 2007, then director of Ferrari from 2004 to 2008. Before that, he was a French rally co-driver, and director of Peugeot Talbot Sport in 1981. During an interview with FinancialTimes In 2019, Michelle Yeoh, who is also this year’s winner of the Kering Women in Motion Award, said she met Jean Todt at an automotive event, calling their first face-to-face a “fairy tale”.
On video, Salma Hayek, François-Henri Pinault, Leonardo DiCaprio and Michelle Yeoh at the Kering dinner
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The couple may have celebrated their marriage in the mansion they own in Geneva. Indeed, if Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt have several residences – in Paris, Malaysia and Hong Kong – it is in their 18th century villa nestled on the hills of the city, in Switzerland, that they like to spend the most time. refuge. A perfect home base to celebrate their union.