Salma Hayek's strategy for staying financially independent

Salma Hayek was born into a wealthy family due to her father's position as an oil executive. However, she lost her father's money when she was in her twenties. The Mexican-born actress then moved to Los Angeles and eventually became the breadwinner for her family back home. “Then I became the best version of myself,” she is sure of this.

Having married the CEO of retail group Kering Pinault, people around her always wanted to talk about money – and she couldn't understand it herself. “The fun thing about having a lot of money for me was that I didn't have to think about money, and it turned out that people just wanted to talk to me about money,” the actress said. Other rich people wanted to befriend her just because of her bank account. “Strangers come up to me who aren't even friends, but they think we should be friends because they're rich too.”