Meet Brooklyn Beckham’s future father-in-law Nelson Peltz, Nicola’s billionaire businessman dad and close friend of Donald Trump with a net worth of US$1.7 billion

Jul 20 , 2021

Nicola Peltz, right, with her mum Claudia Heffner and billionaire dad, Nelson Peltz. Photo: @nicolaannepeltz/Instagram

David and Victoria Beckham’s son Brooklyn and his fiancée Nicola Peltz splurged US$10.5 million on a Beverly Hills home – but that’s nothing on her father

Nicola starred in Transformers: Age of Extinction and Bates Motel, while her dad lives in the same neighbourhood as Ryan Reynolds, Bruce Willis and Glenn Close

David and Victoria Beckham’s oldest son, Brooklyn, and his fiancée Nicola Peltz have just bought their first house in Beverly Hills for US$10.5million.

The Beckham and the Peltz families. Photo: @victoriabeckham/Instagram

At first glance, you’d think Nicola is a lucky lady indeed, marrying into Beckham millions. But in fact, the opposite is true: Brooklyn’s the one who is striking gold as he becomes a member of Peltz’s billionaire clan.

So who is Nicola’s dad Nelson, the patriarch and breadwinner of the Peltz family?

From truck driver to tycoon

Father and daughter, Nelson and Nicola Peltz, when Nicola was a baby. Photo: @nicolaannepelrz/Instagram

Nelson Peltz was born in 1942 in a business family in Brooklyn, New York. (Does that make it destiny that Brooklyn Beckham became his future son-in-law?)

In 1963, Peltz dropped out of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School to pursue his dream of becoming a ski instructor. If he had stayed longer, he might have been classmates with Donald Trump, who transferred into Wharton in 1966.

Nelson and Nicola Peltz. Photo: @nelsonpeltz/Instagram

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