Grapevine: Todt: Wedding and Malaysia Retirement
Ferrari managing director Jean Todt has revealed he has plans to live in Malaysia when he has retired... and after he has married his Malaysian-born Hollywood actress fiancee Datuk Michelle Yeoh
Todt, 59, spoke to local reporters at a Force of Nature Aid Foundation function in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday evening.
He said he had found a remote and peaceful place in Malaysia where he was content and could imagine spending long periods of time in the future.
He said: "I have some very good friends in Malaysia and after they showed me around I found that Terengganu was an ideal place.
"There are so many nice beaches, islands close by and the weather is really great. On top of that, my fiancee is Malaysian of course so I already have a close connection with this country."
Todt's recommendation reportedly led to Michael Schumacher abandoning his usual holiday base in Langkawi to move to Dungan.
But Todt played down talk of him building a house to retire there in the immediate future.
"It would be a nice place to when I have more time to relax," he said. "Ive even met with the chief minister of the state, but for now there aren't any plans to build a home there."
Todt and his fiance were pictured together in the newspapers on Friday morning.
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