Nancy Wiesenfeld
Nancy Wiesenfeld is an American businesswoman and she owns an expensive house in Los Angeles, California. She is best known for being the ex-wife of the Chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, Les Moonves, who has currently been married to Big Brother host Julie Chen.
Grew Up With Sister and Graduated From University of California
Nancy Wiesenfeld was born on May 15, 1960, in California, the United States of America. She grew up along with a younger sister in the Christian family. She is of American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity.
She and her sister attended high school together. Nancy was interested in dancing since her young age and thus, her parents enrolled her at a dancing cla s s.
After finishing high school, she attended the University of California from where she completed her graduation with a degree in arts.
Career: Made Headlines After Marrying Les Moonves
Nancy Wiesenfeld is now a successful businesswoman and owns several businesses in Los Angeles. She made headlines after getting married to Les Moonves, who was the Chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation from 2003 to September 2018.
Nancy and Les tied the knot in an intimated ceremony on December 17, 1978. Their wedding was attended by their close friends and family members.
The couple shares three children; a son Adam Moonves and two daughters Michael Moonves and Sara Moonves, who is a W magazine style director.
In April 2003, Nancy filed for divorce from her husband in Los Angeles Superior Court and she had cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split. The former couple was already living apart.
In 2004, Moonves started dating The Early Show reporter and Big Brother host Julie Chen. His divorce with Nancy was yet to be finalized at the time. On December 10, 2004, the court granted their divorce.
Les Moonves and Julie Chen's Marriage and Son
Just 13 days after the finalization of the divorce, on December 23, 2004, Les Moonves exchanged vows with CBS reporter Julie Chen in a lavish wedding ceremony in Mexico.
In 2009, Moonves and Chen welcomed their first child, a baby boy, together and they named their adorable son Charlie Moonves. They all currently resides in Beverly Hills, California. Unlike her life-partner, she prefers to keep her personal life on the bay and also has not been active in any kind of social media platform.
Les Moonves' Sexual Misconduct
In July 2018, The New Yorker wrote in an article that six women came forward to accuse Les Moonves of sexual hara s sment and intimidation. The CBS board then placed him under investigation.
Two months later, The New Yorker published another article in which it wrote that six more women came forward with their sexual misconduct accusations against Moonves. In the same month, he resigned his job at CBS Corporation.
What's Nancy Wiesenfeld's Net Worth?
As we mentioned earlier, Nancy Wiesenfeld owns several businesses in Los Angeles and she is very successful in it. She earns a good amount of money from her businesses, however, she has failed to mentioned her exact net worth. Some of the sources have claimed it to be $0.5 million, however, it is yet to be verified.
According to the DreShare website, Nancy has an estimated net worth of $255 thousand. She owns an expensive house in LA, California.
Her ex-husband Moonves, meanwhile, owns a lavish house in Beverly Hills, California which he had bought from Andy Heyward, a former DIC Entertainment Chairman, and CEO. He also has houses in Malibu and New York City.