As Gabrielle Solis, Eva Longoria lavished herself pinch gifts acknowledgment to her able financier husband's money.
But successful existent life, nan Desperate Housewives favorite, 49, has been ‘quietly making savvy business moves’ arsenic she land her modulation from character to investor, having been inspired by her adjacent girlfriends Victoria Beckham and Serena Williams.
The character and philanthropist, who is already worthy a reported $50 million, has invested successful aggregate projects successful caller years, including Siete Foods, which was acquired by Pepsi Co for $1.2 cardinal past week.
It comes months aft DailyMail.com revealed that Longoria and her hubby José Bastón, 56 - entrepreneur and laminitis of indie workplace Elefantec Global - had quit Los Angeles for Marbella, Spain, successful a bid to flight Hollywood.
‘Eva has softly been making immoderate savvy business moves down nan scenes for a fewer years now,’ revealed a root adjacent to nan actress.
Eva Longoria has been ‘quietly making savvy business moves’ arsenic she land her modulation from character to investor, an insider told DailyMail.com
The character and philanthropist, 49, has been inspired by her adjacent woman Victoria Beckham, 50, who transitioned from vocalist to manner mogul, and now has a reported nett worthy of $70m
‘Her task into nan world of investing was really sparked by immoderate of her adjacent gal pals who urged her to deliberation beyond Hollywood.
‘One of her biggest inspirations was her champion friend, Victoria Beckham.’
The erstwhile Spice Girl-turned-fashion mogul launched her eponymous explanation successful 2008 earlier extending into beauty successful 2021, pinch nan British prima now worthy an estimated $70 million.
‘Eva has watched Vic modulation from a monolithic popular prima to a manner mogul who created a marque that she is besides very progressive in,' nan root continued. 'Vic has besides been capable to do this while raising a family and she really values her proposal and friendship. She showed Eva really to build a lasting empire.’
They said she besides turned to Serena Williams, 43, who has topped up her eye-watering tennis luck pinch her Wyn beauty line to return her nett worthy to an estimated $340 million.
‘Serena showed Eva really to unrecorded life arsenic a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur,’ nan insider continued. ‘Seeing Serena’s monolithic occurrence disconnected nan tennis tribunal successful creating and processing her ain empire by stepping extracurricular nan container and believing successful herself pinch her ain beauty marque has been truthful inspiring.’
In April, Longoria started financing nan Mexican American tortilla-maker nutrient marque Siete Foods – nan fastest increasing Hispanic nutrient institution successful nan United States – claiming she wanted to turn it into a ‘billion-dollar brand,’ a dream which came to fruition past week erstwhile Pepsi acquired it for $1.2 billion.
It came 4 years aft she became 1 of nan first investors to answer Natalie Portman’s telephone to backmost Angel City FC, which played its first crippled successful nan 2022 National Women's Soccer League.
Longoria has invested successful aggregate projects successful caller years, including Siete Foods, which was acquired by Pepsi Co for $1.2 cardinal past week
The news comes months aft Longoria, her hubby José Bastón, 56, and their five-year-old boy Santiago (pictured) told DailyMail.com they were relocating to Spain from Los Angeles
She besides antecedently bankrolled nan first John Wick film, earning herself a shaper in installments connected nan 2013 accumulation starring Keanu Reeves, which grossed an estimated $86 cardinal globally and went connected to go a highly successful franchise.
The move was done her accumulation institution UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, now known arsenic Hyphenate Media Group, which has provided backing for a slew of films, TV bid and podcasts complete nan years.
Her determination to attraction connected investments comes arsenic she sets up location successful Spain, pinch nan dream to make a imperishable move to nan European city.
'I unrecorded much successful Spain than I do [the US]... I would emotion to beryllium location permanently,' she told DailyMail.com backmost successful June. 'I'm a Spanish resident, truthful I tin activity and enactment there.
Longoria - who joined Bastón successful 2016 - purchased a six-bedroom, seven-bathroom mega mansion successful Marbella successful early 2023, pinch nan mates hiring designer and interior designer Nicolás Escanez to thief renovate.
It came arsenic they listed their Beverly Hills spot for $18.9 million.
‘Serena showed Eva really to unrecorded life arsenic a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur,’ an insider told DailyMail.com
Longoria, pictured pinch her boy successful Spain, has made a number of quiet investments complete nan past fewer years
'Eva and José are leaving Los Angeles for bully and person put their location up for waste again,' a root told DailyMail.com astatine nan time.
'They want to raise their boy successful a spot wherever he will beryllium surrounded by quality and beauty and not beryllium sucked into nan full Hollywood cycle.'
Longoria, who topped Forbes magazine's database of nan highest-paid TV actresses successful 2011, is nan latest personage to time off Los Angeles for Spain - a inclination which is becoming progressively popular.
Amber Heard softly discontinue Hollywood for Madrid successful 2022 arsenic she wanted to raise her girl 'away from each nan noise.'
The character sold her location successful Yucca Valley, California, for $1.1million.
Richard Gere revealed earlier this twelvemonth that he has taken up imperishable residency successful nan Spanish metropolis to beryllium person to woman Alejandra Silva's family.
Hilary Swank, Joe Rogan and Mark Wahlberg are besides among a increasing database of stars quitting California.