Sometimes people change and relationships have to end, but this man needed out because he couldn’t handle being rich anymore.
Tony Hawke and Xiu Li met on a blind date 21 years ago when he was a math teacher and she was studying English, but in 2011 Li became a billionaire.
The couple became rich when her idea of building shopping centres in unused Chinese bomb shelters earned them about €1.24 billion and placed her on Britian’s Sunday Times Rich List as UK’s richest woman.
“I think it made me uncomfortable because I’m not in the habit, I don’t like spending lots of money – I’ve been brought up that way,” Hawken said.
The couple bought a €1.6 millionhouse and quickly adapted to her luxurious lifestyle, but Hawken told the Daily Mail he felt more comfortable shopping at thrift shops and having a counter meal at his local chain pub.
“I’m getting a pittance when you consider her potential wealth, but I don’t really want to fight it,” he said.
Hawke is walking away with a million euro and no longer works as a school teacher. He tutors under-privileged children for free.
