Spice Girl Geri's new love is an online casino chief from a council flat who is STILL married to a model
As her fling with Russell Brand amply illustrated, she has never exactly gone for the boy next door.
And it seems the latest man in Geri Halliwell’s rather chequered love life is no exception.
For while the dark-haired gentleman who whisked her off to Rome only weeks after they met may not be a Russian oligarch, as first reported, he is no less intriguing.
Anton Kaszubowski, the Daily Mail can
reveal, is in fact an online gambling entrepreneur who grew up in a
council flat in South London, won a scholarship to Oxford, counts
Jeffrey Archer among his friends – and has a wife.
Mr Kaszubowski, 38, married 33-year-old Russian model and dancer Zoryna Ayzenshtat in July 2010.
Although they separated at the end of the following year and are described by friends as having an ‘amicable’ relationship, the couple are yet to divorce.
And, judging by his social network accounts, he seems to have no shortage of female companions, including Karin Joel, star of reality television show Made In Chelsea. He also once had a reported fling with Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon.
His mother, Brinal Brown, said: ‘He has been linked to so many girls and I’ve only met a couple’. Mr Kaszubowski, who runs a consultancy firm called Greenlaw which specialises in online gambling, was born in South East London.
He is understood to have split
his time between his father’s council flat in Blackheath and his
mother’s semi-detached house in nearby Forest Hill after she remarried.
He inherited his Polish surname from grandparents who settled in Gloucestershire shortly after the Second World War.
A friend of Miss Halliwell, 40, yesterday said the former Spice Girl met Mr Kaszubowski at a party shortly before Christmas, after being introduced by mutual friends.
He said: ‘Geri and Anton met a few weeks before Christmas and although it’s still early days they are very much smitten with each other.
‘There’s been a lot of misreporting about Anton being some kind of Russian oligarch but he’s really just a successful businessman.
‘He looks Eastern European and has a Polish surname, but that is about it really. It gets complicated when you talk about his Russian wife.
‘Geri knew all about his wife as Anton told her that they split at the end of 2011.
‘She just didn’t want people thinking she was a husband snatcher, but was assured that they had split a long time ago.’
Mr Kaszubowski, who is now good friends with former politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer, attended Forest Hill comprehensive school before winning a scholarship to read history at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He went on to have a successful career as an investment banker in the City of London.
He is now a director of several gambling and online gaming companies, after specialising in financing similar firms.
Mr Kaszubowski’s mother, who lives in a detached home near Thetford in Norfolk, said she first realised her son was dating Miss Halliwell when she saw pictures of them together on the internet.
Mrs Brown described her son as successful ‘but not a tycoon. He’s a self-made man’.
She added: ‘His life in London is totally different to ours here in Norfolk. He has been linked to so many girls and I’ve only met a couple.
‘I never met his wife though but I can confirm that yes they are now split but not divorced yet.’
Miss Halliwell, who is believed to be worth more than £20million, made something of a comeback last year, performing with the Spice Girls at the Olympic closing ceremony and going on to promote a musical featuring the band’s songs. It was at the Olympics that she met former sex addict Brand.
The couple had a ‘whirlwind’ romance’ which lasted a few weeks in the summer.
Miss Halliwell, who has a six-year-old daughter called Bluebell, has been engaged three times, but has never married.
Her past flames include an Italian shipping tycoon, an Iranian-born businessman and a Los Angeles screenwriter.
A decade ago she admitted: ‘I think we all know that relationships haven’t been one of my strong points.’
Mr Kaszubowski’s firm, Greenlaw, lists him as director but does not have to publish annual accounts because it is so small.
He was also behind internet gaming business FUN Technologies.
When he floated the company on one of London’s small stock exchanges he raised more than £101million in the process.
It was sold for £306million in 2007, but it is unclear how much of that Mr Kaszubowski would have received.
And it seems the latest man in Geri Halliwell’s rather chequered love life is no exception.
For while the dark-haired gentleman who whisked her off to Rome only weeks after they met may not be a Russian oligarch, as first reported, he is no less intriguing.
Romance: Geri Halliwell with Anton Kaszubowski, who is still married to his Russian wife Zoryna Ayzenshtat
Mr Kaszubowski, 38, married 33-year-old Russian model and dancer Zoryna Ayzenshtat in July 2010.
Although they separated at the end of the following year and are described by friends as having an ‘amicable’ relationship, the couple are yet to divorce.
And, judging by his social network accounts, he seems to have no shortage of female companions, including Karin Joel, star of reality television show Made In Chelsea. He also once had a reported fling with Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon.
His mother, Brinal Brown, said: ‘He has been linked to so many girls and I’ve only met a couple’. Mr Kaszubowski, who runs a consultancy firm called Greenlaw which specialises in online gambling, was born in South East London.
Geri Halliwell escaped the snowy British weather to take off on a romantic getaway with her boyfriend Anton Kaszubowski
Mr Kaszubowski is now a director of several gambling and online gaming companies, after specialising in financing similar firms
He inherited his Polish surname from grandparents who settled in Gloucestershire shortly after the Second World War.
A friend of Miss Halliwell, 40, yesterday said the former Spice Girl met Mr Kaszubowski at a party shortly before Christmas, after being introduced by mutual friends.
He said: ‘Geri and Anton met a few weeks before Christmas and although it’s still early days they are very much smitten with each other.
‘There’s been a lot of misreporting about Anton being some kind of Russian oligarch but he’s really just a successful businessman.
‘He looks Eastern European and has a Polish surname, but that is about it really. It gets complicated when you talk about his Russian wife.
‘Geri knew all about his wife as Anton told her that they split at the end of 2011.
Mr Kaszubowski, who is now good friends with former politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer, attended Forest Hill comprehensive school before winning a scholarship to read history at Magdalen College, Oxford.
He went on to have a successful career as an investment banker in the City of London.
He is now a director of several gambling and online gaming companies, after specialising in financing similar firms.
Mr Kaszubowski’s mother, who lives in a detached home near Thetford in Norfolk, said she first realised her son was dating Miss Halliwell when she saw pictures of them together on the internet.
Mrs Brown described her son as successful ‘but not a tycoon. He’s a self-made man’.
She added: ‘His life in London is totally different to ours here in Norfolk. He has been linked to so many girls and I’ve only met a couple.
‘I never met his wife though but I can confirm that yes they are now split but not divorced yet.’
Miss Halliwell, who is believed to be worth more than £20million, made something of a comeback last year, performing with the Spice Girls at the Olympic closing ceremony and going on to promote a musical featuring the band’s songs. It was at the Olympics that she met former sex addict Brand.
The couple had a ‘whirlwind’ romance’ which lasted a few weeks in the summer.
Miss Halliwell, who has a six-year-old daughter called Bluebell, has been engaged three times, but has never married.
Her past flames include an Italian shipping tycoon, an Iranian-born businessman and a Los Angeles screenwriter.
A decade ago she admitted: ‘I think we all know that relationships haven’t been one of my strong points.’
Mr Kaszubowski’s firm, Greenlaw, lists him as director but does not have to publish annual accounts because it is so small.
He was also behind internet gaming business FUN Technologies.
When he floated the company on one of London’s small stock exchanges he raised more than £101million in the process.
It was sold for £306million in 2007, but it is unclear how much of that Mr Kaszubowski would have received.
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