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Editor|Jie Speaking Circle
preface
Hollywood producer Steve Bing and British actress Elizabeth Hurley have an 18-year-old son, Damien.
At 1 p.m. on Monday after Father's Day, the billionaire father died in a 55-year-old fall from his 27th-floor residence in Los America's Century City apartments.
The cause of the suicide has not yet been announced, but people familiar with the matter revealed that Steve Bean chose to isolate himself at home alone because of the recent new crown pneumonia epidemic, which caused his mood to become depressed. It is reported that he left a legacy worth a total of about $590 million.
1. Inheritance of $600 million
Steve Bean was born in 1965, his father was a famous local doctor, and his grandfather was Leo Bing, a New York real estate tycoon, so his family was also very wealthy.
The family structure is relatively simple, and he has a sister who is two years younger than him. When he turned 18, he inherited the $600 million legacy left to him by his grandfather, becoming a veritable rich second generation.
He loves movies, after getting a huge inheritance, he dropped out of school and began to invest in the film industry, it can be said that having money is really very willful.
Steve Bean then invested in several films in Hollywood and founded his own film company. He invested about $80 million in the computer-animated adventure film Polar Express.
The film can be said to be very successful, the global box office of this film reached 285 million US dollars (about 2 billion yuan), and it also became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.
But this success was only accidental, and most investments ended in losses. He often suffered millions of dollars in investment losses, which became commonplace in his experience.
Over time, Steve Bean's interest in the film and television industry gradually dwindled. Since he has great wealth as a backing, he doesn't need to think too much when spending money.
For him, a simple failed investment is nothing, because he feels that the huge amount of wealth is enough for him to "squander", and by the time he was 20 years old, he showed extraordinary financial strength and momentum.
At that time, because the mansion he lived in had been attacked by thieves, he simply stopped living in his mansion and immediately moved into the local high-end hotel, the Bel Air Hotel.
He chose a suite and began to live comfortably in the hotel. Amazingly, he stayed in the hotel for 9 years!
When he finally checked out, he paid for millions of dollars for his stay. For him, this amount is only insignificant, and he does not care about it.
During an experience of dinner with friends at The Peninsula Hotel in Los Angeles, Steve Bean and his friends arrived to find that the reservation was full and there were no seats reserved for them.
But for Steve Bean, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem, so he directly opened a private room, ordered all his favorite dishes, and let his friends play casually and spend all the money he paid for.
And he paid a tip of $4,000 directly. For him, this amount is a trivial expense.
Steve Bean doesn't spend much money on everyday expenses. His main funding has focused on what he calls his cause and sponsorship of politicians.
Although his film and television career was mediocre and did not make much of a breakthrough, he turned to investing in politicians.
He was a big supporter of the Clintons and donated $20 million to the Clinton Foundation in 2008. Steve Bean not only spent his own money, but also mobilized his friends to support Clinton.
His dealings with politicians gave him a great sense of accomplishment, as if he had become a public figure and had his own social circle.
The social circle of the rich is often sustained by money, and Steve Bean, with his influence and financial resources, was able to raise $100 million for Clinton's event in just one hour.
Over the years, he has given donations to many politicians and organizations. He donated to Al Gore, as well as Nancy Pelosi and others.
He has donated $10 million to the Natural Resources Defense Council and returned $25 million to his alma mater, Stanford University.
He also signed the Giving Pledge with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and others, pledging to donate most of his wealth to public causes.
2. If you don't get married, you play
Steve Bean has never been married in his life, but his love history is indeed quite rich and has dated many well-known top beauties. He has been associated with Sharon Stone, Nicole Kidman, and Victoria's Secret angel Miranda Kerr, among others.
In addition, he has had romances with tennis professional Lisa Bonder and Elizabeth Hurley, known as "Britain's first beauty".
Elizabeth Hurley is not only beautiful, but also very good acting, she not only starred in the hit drama "The Crown", but also dabbled in the fields of modeling, screenwriting and directing.
Because she is too beautiful, she is known as "Britain's first beauty", and then her relationship with the British god Hugh Grant caused quite a stir.
But the romance didn't come to the end, when Hugh Grant split her, but Elizabeth Hurley didn't become decadent because of the failed romance.
On the contrary, after experiencing a failed relationship, he worked harder and became an ambassador for the French fashion brand Estée Lauder at the age of 30, leaving a deep impression on the global audience.
Uma Thurman and Naomi Campbell are also hot supermodels, and they have both been in relationships with Steve Bean. He also had a relationship with a famous black supermodel, as well as the heroine of Thunderbolt Girl.
It can be seen from these contacts that Steve Bean does prefer long-legged beauties and chooses very well-known women as partners.
Although Steve Bean had many girlfriends, he seems to prefer a single life. He lived alone in the Bel Air luxury hotel for 9 years.
He frequented strip clubs in Las Vegas and was a regular at Playboy Estate. But all his romances ended in nothing.
Perhaps, he realized that beautiful women will grow old one day, so he chose not to marry and only fall in love, so that he could always choose a young and energetic relationship.
But he gave birth to two children each while dating two of them, and he never participated in the children's development. The two men are Lisa Bond, a tennis player, and Elizabeth Hurley, a famous movie star.
Steve Bean and Lisa Bond have a daughter and a son with Elizabeth Hurley. Since they were not married, the children were considered illegitimate by the family.
Interestingly, Steve Bean did not admit that the two children were his own at first, and the story with Lisa Bond is even more bloody.
3. Who is the illegitimate child?
Elizabeth Hurley gave birth to a boy in April 2002, whom she openly identified as Steve Bean's.
But Steve Bean doesn't feel like the two kids are his own. He claimed to have only had a brief relationship with Elizabeth Hurley and implied that Elizabeth Hurley had other male partners at the same time as him.
Elizabeth Hurley's strength cannot be ignored. She longed for a stable life, but she was unable to do so. Faced with the child's fatherhood being questioned, she felt unbearable and decided to take Steve Bean to court.
The court accepted the case and conducted DNA tests on Steve Bean and the child, which confirmed he was the child's father.
Steve Bean was speechless when he saw the result, but he was unwilling to take on the responsibilities of being a father and did not care about the daily life of his children.
According to the court ruling, Steve Bean was required to pay $100,000 a month in alimony. For him, considering his wealth and assets, such an amount does not constitute much of a burden.
The romance between Steve Bean and Lisa Bond is very complicated. Their relationship began in 1999, during which time they also dated Kirk Kirkleyan, a 70-year-old magnate.
Kirk Kirklian is very rich, worth more than $4 billion. In the sixties, he was one of the biggest developers in Las Vegas, leading the construction of the first MGM hotels and casinos.
Because Steve Bean did not want to marry and only wanted to fall in love, and was dating two men at the same time, Lisa Bond finally chose to marry a rich man.
They signed a prenuptial agreement in 1999 and had a grand wedding. But surprisingly, the marriage lasted only 28 days before it ended.
Shortly after the divorce, Lisa sent a notice to the old rich man, claiming that she was pregnant and claiming that the child was his.
Under a prenuptial agreement, the old rich man would be responsible for paying $100,000 a month in alimony and setting up a $7 million trust fund for the child if Lisa became pregnant and gave birth to a child.
Kirk, a calculating tycoon, agreed to pay child support, but he questioned his paternity because he was 70 years old at the time. So a private investigator was secretly hired.
Private investigators in the United States are usually so dedicated and professional that they even find used dental floss in the trash.
Later, through DNA testing, it was found that the DNA of the dental floss matched Steve Bean, thus confirming that Lisa and Steve did have intercourse, and this discovery also revealed the fact that Lisa stepped on two boats.
After the birth of the child, the results of DNA tests confirmed that the child was Steve Bean's. The discovery attracted widespread media attention, and the American media hyped the matter like flies around cracked eggs.
In 2001, Steve filed a lawsuit against the old rich man, claiming that he had invaded his privacy. But in the end, the two sides reached a settlement and the lawsuit ended.
Ironically, after the settlement, the old rich man continued to pay $100,000 a month in support to Lisa's children, and Steve also paid $100,000 a month in support.
Steve Bean gave relatively little in his treatment of his children, mainly in terms of material life to ensure the interests of children.
This may have something to do with the fact that he has always had plenty of wealth and has less value money. But by 2020, his physical condition began to deteriorate.
Regarding Steve Bean's situation, there are rumors that he is suffering from depression and needs treatment and medical attention. In addition, there are rumors that he needs a massage therapist to relieve his physical discomfort and pain.
In terms of career, he did not achieve significant results, but lived a free and casual lifestyle in his love life.
At the age of 55, he ended his life by jumping from a 27-story apartment building.
Clinton expressed regret over the news that Steve Bean jumped off the building and called him a very good person, which seems warm, but may just be a statement on the scene.
Steve Bean spent far more money for the Clintons than he spent for his own family.
Epilogue:
Steve Bean had a huge fortune, inheriting a fortune of $600 million, which is truly owned by a few people in the world.
His investment in filmmaking may have been motivated more by entertainment and interest considerations than by the pure pursuit of material pleasures.
His dealings with countless big-name beauties and the experience of material pleasures have given him a lot in this regard, but material pleasures are often short-lived, and it cannot fill the emptiness in his heart.
Many times, money cannot make up for the lack of feelings, and our emotions with relatives and friends are more important than material conditions.
This reminds us that while wealth can bring material comforts, it is also crucial to build and maintain good relationships with family and friends.