Porsche billionaire, 79, is filing for divorce from his wife, 74, ‘due to severe dementia leaving her housebound’ – as reports say he has become ‘close’ with ex-model, 59, previously married to Romanov Prince and the Aga Khan
- The Porsche billionaire is said to have filed for divorce from his wife at the age of 79
- Wolfgang is the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who founded the company in 1931
Porsche director Wolfgang Porsche will separate from his partner of 16 years, who is known to suffer from a dementia-like illness.
Sources close to the couple have said Porsche, 79, is struggling to live with his wife, 74, due to changes in her behavior since diagnosis.
Claudia, who is a grandmother, has four carers who care for her around the clock after suffering from the disease for the past two years.
She has reportedly been unable to move independently for months and her mental awareness has rapidly deteriorated.
Wolfgang and Claudia have been together since 2007 and got married in 2019. The Porsche family’s wealth is estimated at 20 billion euros.
Claudia Huebner and Wolfgang Porsche attend the premiere of ‘La Clemenzia di Tito’ at Salzburger Festspiele 2017 in Salzburg, Austria
This is reported by the media in Germany that Wolfgang has grown closer to his girlfriend of 25 years, 59-year-old Gabriela Prinzessin zu Leiningen, in recent months.
Gabriela – also known as Inaara Aga Khan – was born in Frankfurt am Main in April 1963.
Like Porsche’s wife Claudia, she studied law in Munich and Cologne.
She married Prince Karl-Emich zu Leiningen in 1991, but the couple divorced in 1998.
Later that year, she married Swiss Karim Aga Khan IV, 86, the 49th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis who is considered a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
The couple divorced in 2014.
Since 1999, Gabriela has been involved in a number of development projects in the developing world, promoting self-reliance and providing relief during natural disasters.
Since 2004 she has been actively involved in the fight against AIDS and supports the German AIDS Foundation.
Gabriele Prinzessin zu Leiningen attends the 7th GRK Golf Charity Masters Leipzig gala at The Westin Leipzig on August 23, 2014 in Leipzig, Germany
Wolfgang Heinz Porsche is a German-Austrian shareholder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, as well as of Porsche AG.
The Stuttgart-born executive is the youngest son of former Porsche AG designer and Chief Executive Officer Ferdinand ‘Ferry’ Porsche and Dorothea Reitz.
His grandfather was Ferdinand Porsche, the Austrian-Bohemian founder of Porsche AG.
His eldest brother is Ferdinand ‘Butzi’ Porsche, who designed the first Porsche 911.
He has four children, two by director and screenwriter Susanne Bresser, to whom he was married between 1988 and 2008.
Porsche lives in Zell am See, Austria.