Monday, December 09, 2024 - Dave Portnoy has got everyone on the internet talking after he disclosed his unique setup with his estranged wife.
The Barstool Sports founder revealed in an interview with
Sage Steele that he still shares a bank account with his wife Renee, with whom
he split with in 2017 but never formally got divorced from.
Portnoy, who is said to have a net worth of $150
million, told the former ESPN personality that he had allowed her access to his
money for her loyalty to him during the early days of Barstool.
“We met when Barstool was nothing, so she rode the grind up
with us … She was with me every step of the way, so in my mind, she’s entitled
to enjoy the fruits of it,” Portnoy told Steele.
“She currently has access to all my money. If she just
wanted to be like I’m taking it and be gone, she could. But we’ve had that
joint bank account forever. I trust her implicitly. She has full access for a
long time.”
Portnoy told Steele that the couple split amicably and that
he still views Renee as his “best friend” and never feared she’d abuse the
setup because she is “far more frugal than I am.”
“We always got along, it wasn’t like we had a big blowout at
the end or anything. The marriage just wasn’t working out the way we wanted it
to,” he said about the reason behind the split.
The couple, which got married in 2009 did attempt to file
for divorce, but a Massachusetts judge denied their petition for it last year.
“It was denied because she and I have a very fluid
relationship with our finances,” Portnoy explained.
“We’ve been separated legally for a long time, but the judge
said our agreement wasn’t equitable to her.
“[The judge] was like, ‘Dave you’re worth a lot more, you
have to give her half.’ But she was like, ‘I don’t want half.’ So we pretty
much agreed on how to do it [without the court].”
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