Billionaire John Paulson is engaged to his much-younger girlfriend, sources tell , while he’s still embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with his ex.
The Wall Street giant ditched Jenny Paulson in 2021 after 21 years of marriage for dietician Alina de Almeida, and the former couple has been locked in an uproariously acrimonious split ever since.
Now hears that John, 68, is engaged to his girlfriend — even while the bitter divorce from Jenny continues to play out.
A source close to the couple confirms, “John and Alina have been together for two and a half years. They are very happy together and have gotten engaged.”
Bloomberg News seemed to have let the cat out of the bag first: The outlet’s Amanda L. Gordon referred to De Almeida, 35, as Paulson’s “fiancée” in an article interviewing the financier about his support for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
De Almeida was also listed along with Paulson as a host of a big fundraiser in Palm Beach, Fla., that reportedly raked in more than $50 million for the GOP candidate.
A source tells us that beyond the Bloomberg mention, “The word ‘fiancée’ has been said,” among Paulson and pals relating to De Almeida, “but I don’t think anyone has seen a ring.”
The source added of the alleged engagement, “He’s trying to be discreet so as not to get Jenny all riled up.”
Paulson, who’s worth at least $4.7 billion, is still in the midst of divorce — even though he left Jenny for De Almeida three years ago.
A source told at the time that Jenny was devastated, and that she only learned he filed by reading about it in .
“He has made it so humiliating because of his unseemly speed of taking a girlfriend and filing for a divorce so quickly after a good summer, with no advance notice or even courtesy. It’s unseemly and disrespectful that he couldn’t wait.” said a source at the time.
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