Biography
It is unlikely that the biography of the British businessman Alexander Gilks would be interested in the Russian audience, if it were not for his novel with a tennis player Maria Sharapova, to which the people were always not indifferent. She had long wanted to marry her, but everything did not work in any way, but it seems now is the time. Masha announced the completion of the sports career, and the bridegroom was envious to her: smart, rich, educated Alexander achieved success in business and close to the British royal family.Childhood and youth
Alexander was born on July 16, 1979 in London. The family did not belong to the aristocracy, but they can be attributed to the privileged class. Still, the dermatologist Jeremy Gilks and his spouse teacher provided his son education in a prestigious Iton College. There, Alex met the prince Harry and his brother, and soon there was a friendship between young people, which they support to this day.
The guy grew in the curious and sophisticated, was interested in art and literature. His mother read a course on Russian literature in Oxford, so Alexander was not indifferent to Russian culture. Briton even lived in St. Petersburg, where he managed to teach Alexander Pushkin's language. Who would suggest that it will come in handy in his personal life. Higher education Gilks received at the University Bristol.
Personal life
The guy with blue eyes managed to conquer not one female heart. His girlfriend in his youth was sister Kate Middleton Pippa, but these relations did not lead to anything serious. Alex realized that "Vlip", after meeting with the designer Misha Nona, who took the place in his heart for a long 13 years. The girl became Gilx's wife in 2012, but after 4 years, it became known that the businessman divorced. Friends said that the cause of the disadvantage was the collision of ambitions: both spouses were too independent and ambitious.And they say that it is Misha who introduced the Prince Harry with Megan Okle. At their wedding in May 2018, Alexander met with the former wife, which was unlikely to give him pleasure: after all, a man was painfully worried about the gap and did not even hope that he could once again gain personal happiness. Be that as it may, in the summer of the same year, cardiac therapy appeared in the form of beauty-blonde Mary Sharapova, with which the British millionaire began to regularly appear in public.
Certificate of the severity of these relations was the joint photos that they began to lay out in "Instagram". The difference in nationality and mentality did not interfere, came in handy and knowledge of Gilks in Russian. And even the fact that the partner is slightly lower than tennis players, did not cause complexes (athlete with a growing 188 cm to find a man higher than the task). Mary was delighted that he met a man who had his own opinion and a business of life. It was important for her that a boyfriend, like she, all achieved independently.
In February 2020 tennis player stated that he leaves sports. The man reacted positively, noting that after the first chapter in his life she was waiting for the second, no less successful. This statement was easily regarded as a hint that Gilks will soon protrude with matrimonial intentions. In addition, Maria was conquered in "Instagram" with a large diamond on the finger.
At the end of the same year, Maria officially confirmed the engagement with Alexander.
Business
After the divorce in 2017, Gilks was among the most enviable grooms of Britain. This is not surprising: by the time the man had a solid state, which fastened, working at auctions. He started in the Auction House of the Arts of Phillips de Pury & Company, and later established his own Paddle8 company, whose annual turnover is estimated at billions of dollars.
Since 2008, Alexander lives and works in the United States, the apartment of a businessman is located in New York. There, a man embodies innovative ideas of auction trading, which are far from conservative ideas about a person with a hammer standing behind a wooden tribune. Gilks achieved that in 2017 he was named the most creative entrepreneur according to Fast Company and included a list of 40 most influential people under the age of 40 by Apollo.
Alexander Gilks now
Alexander continues to engage in auction business and spend time at Mary Sharapova, which appears at official events, including the famous Vanity Fair party after the Oscar ceremony in February 2020.