The private life of Flavio Briatore she has always been in the spotlight. The entrepreneur has fallen in love with many strong and splendid women, from Heidi Klum – with whom he had his daughter Leni – until Naomi Campbell. She is still at his side today, even though they are now divorced Elisabetta Gregoraci: The couple separated, but Briatore is known for having excellent relationships with his exes. Also because with Gregoraci he had his beloved son Nathan Falco. But who is the entrepreneur’s first wife? Let’s find out everything about Marcy Schlobohm.
Who is Marcy Schlobohm, Flavio Briatore’s ex-wife
They met at Milan in 1980 and they married in Caribbean. Yes, Flavio Briatore has had many flirtations, multiple love stories. A woman, however, (in addition to Elisabetta Gregoraci) really won him over, enough to bring him to marriage. Her name is Marcy Schlobohm, a former American model who was the entrepreneur’s first wife, and they were together from 1983 to 1987. Often defined by the media as “secret wife”, since their relationship was protected from the spotlight , we found out more about him with his biography Mr. Billionairewhere inside there is an interview with the woman to reconstruct the manager’s history, life and private life.
Marcy Schlobohm is a former model of Vogue: before being with Briatore, he had an affair with Philippe Junot, venture capitalist. This name will not be new to many, and in fact it is known for its love story with Caroline of Monaco. The meeting with Briatore, favored by Count Gigi Perez, took place in Milan: the woman was 18 years old. “I shook his hand and said goodbye. I immediately saw that he was a classy man, very brilliant. He was the kind of man I liked: tall, with black hair,” she said in her biography.
After years of relationship, as well as cohabitation Tricolore Squarewhere they conducted a hectic life between mega parties and super luxury, they got married on a Caribbean beach. In the end, however, they broke up: the love, according to the former model, “had run out”, especially because they both often had engagements which forced them to stay apart for a long time. They decided to end their relationship together, without any argument. “I wasn’t in love with him anymore, and he wasn’t in love with me anymore. We didn’t argue: we simply couldn’t be together anymore.”
Flavio Briatore’s words on Marcy Schlobohm
He maintained the utmost confidentiality about her, not only during the marriage, but also in the years following the end of the relationship. Briatore, who is now single – he underwent surgery for a benign tumor in March 2024 – spoke about her in only one interview, which dates back to August 2007. “I had been in love for four years with a girl called Marcy. One day we had a ceremony in the Virgin Islands. One of those weddings that have no legal value, where there are no signatures, only the looks of the spouses sighing have meaning.” In reality, however, things would not be like this: Schlobohm has always maintained that she has all the documents to certify the legal value of the union.
