Everything About Michelle Yeoh’s Husband, Jean Todt

The gorgeous and talented Michelle Yeoh had an amazing 2023 in a lifetime of incredible success. Her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once won her an Academy Awards in the Best Actress category. On her big night, she was accompanied by her longtime partner, Jean Todt.

He even tweeted during her win, writing exuberantly, “Moment of pure grace and immense happiness! What a journey! So proud of Michelle who received the Oscar Academy Award of the best actress.”

The couple have been engaged since 2005, and they finally married in 2023. Here's everything to know about Jean Todt.

Todt, 77, is from south-central France, born in Pierrefort in February 1946, the son of a doctor. He eventually went to study at the École des Cadres School of Economics and Business in Paris. Todt works in racing as an executive now, but he was once a world championship rally co-driver. His career behind the wheel began in 1966, and he has won races in the Tour de France Automobile Rally, World Rally Championship, and the Rally de Portugal.

He has served as the director of Peugoet Talbot Sport, and was the CEO of Ferrari from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2021, Todt was the president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile. The organization oversees the Formula One World Championship.

On the charitable side, he serves on the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Road Safety and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society.

He has one son, Nicolas Todt, who is a driver himself and an award winner on the track.

In 2004, a year before their engagement, Todt and Yeoh met at in Shanghai while the actress was doing publicity for Ferrari.

Yeoh was once married to studio head Dickson Poon, tying the knot in 1988. She stopped acting to try to start a family with him. She told Bustle, “When I got married, it was a conscious decision to leave acting. It wasn't because of pressure from Dickson and his family or anything like that—because in Asia, it does happen where the women are [expected to be] a married housewife or a mother as soon as possible and not work. But at that time, it was my choice to leave because I’m not a good multitasker. I looked in awe at some of the actresses who were able to juggle being a mother, take the kids to school, and act or produce. It blew my mind. I felt if I continued acting, I'd be constantly away from home. I couldn't understand how I could have a full [career while] being married.”

She added they divorced because “as it turned out, I was unable [to have children]. And if I’m being honest with myself, I didn't want for us to be bitter 10 years down the road. Because in Asian families, people want to have sons and daughters [because] they are an extension and a legacy. And when you have the realization [that you can’t have kids], you have to deal with it. You deal with the curveballs that are thrown at you.”

Following the divorce, she returned to film with her movie Supercop, acting alongside Jackie Chan.

Before meeting Todt, she dated a cardiologist named Alan Heldman, and they were engaged in 1998, breaking up in 2000.

In an interview with the Guardian in 2021, Yeoh said, “We’ve been threatening to get married for such a long time. Sometimes we say, ‘Wait, didn’t we already do it?’”

When asked if the couple have commitment issues, she exclaimed, “Oh stop!”

In Town & Country's September 2022 issue, Yeoh discussed how much the pair travel for work and fun, she was asked where home really was, and answered, “Wherever the people that I love are. Wherever Jean is.”

So, marriage wasn't the most important part of their relationship, but it was still a huge moment. Ex-Ferrari Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa shared a carousel of photos from the big moment that included a shot of the program thanking guests and sharing a bit of their story.

“We met in Shanghai on 4th June 2004. On 26th July 2004, J.T proposed to marry M.Y and she said YES,” it read. “Today after 6992 days on 27th July 2023 in Geneva, surrounded by loving family and friends, we are so happy to celebrate this special moment together!”

The wedding took place in Geneva and Yeoh wore a wedding dress in a nude beige with lace detail.

Then in December 2023, they had a second wedding in Yeoh's hometown of Ipoh, Malaysia, at a restaurant called Little Katong. The restaurant shared photos from the event on Facebook on Monday, December 18.

The venue was decorated with white and gold balloons and flowers and there were movie posters from Yeoh's storied career and her Oscar statue was on display, and many pictures of her posing with it all over the room. In a funny twist, in a still for the 1997 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, the title is edited to read “Love Never Dies” and Todt's face has replaced Pierce Brosnan's

Yeoh wore a pale green sleeveless top with bright leaf green pants to the party, while Todt was in black jeans and a T-shirt with a bull screen-printed on the front. The couple held hands as they walked in, looking comfortable and happy.

On Jan. 2, 2024, Yeoh revealed on Instagram that her step-son Nicolas and daughter-in-law Darina welcomed a baby on New Year’s Day.

“A little miracle on the first day of 2024 ❤️✨ we are so truly blessed... can’t tell u how happy I am for this very very special bundle of joy ❤️✨,” Yeoh wrote in the caption of her first post about the baby.

In a second post, Yeoh wrote, “Thank you darling Nicolas and Darina for making us the happiest and proudest Grandparents!! Welcome baby Maxime ❤️💖✨❤️💖✨.”

Yeoh shared one last Instagram: a family photo from the hospital room. The post included a sweet picture of her holding baby Maxime. She captioned it, “Love love love ❤️🥰❤️🥰✨✨.”

In January 2024, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Fallon asked the actress of Todt, saying, “I heard that you guys were engaged for—let’s see if I got this right—19 years? I’m sorry, but what? And how? And what are you talking about?”

Yeoh replied, “We met, and within a month, he proposed, and I said yes. Because he's the most adorable—he’s such a sweetheart...And then maybe he was just like [bleep], do I really want to do this?”

Fallon joked, “Because you’re always kicking someone’s butt in a movie. So he’s afraid of you.”

She laughed and answered, “He’s one of the most patient [people] in the world. And I think that’s what we all deserve—to have someone who loves us for who we are and what we do.”

Yeoh added, “We have a busy lifestyle. But he’s always been so supportive...Finally, I think he was like, ‘Do you want to get married or not?’”