Barbara Horton was born with rich genes and wealth that ordinary people can't match, but she had an unhappy childhood, and because of this, she also buried misfortune in her life.
Barbara is the granddaughter of a U.S. department store chain magnate and the daughter of the founder of the New York Investment Bank. At the age of six, she inherited a huge inheritance, including her mother's $2.1 million, $8 million property in the stock market, famous paintings and sculptures, and her grandmother left her $26 million.
By the time she was 21, under the care of her father, the estate had grown to more than $40 million, in addition to various fixed assets such as real estate. In 2018, her fortune reached about $1 billion, an ordinary office worker who does not eat or drink and needs to work for 28169, it can be said that she has just become an adult and has become a member of the list of american women's richest women.
With such a huge wealth, she is not soft on spending money, she likes to buy luxury cars, go out is not a private plane or a Rolls Royce, but also likes to buy private villas, art collections, jewelry and so on. There are only two things she pursues in her life: jewelry and love, but she has experienced seven marriages, each of which ended in failure.
Her first husband was a Prince of Georgia. The prince was not only nine years older than Barbara, but was already married when he met Barbara, and in pursuit of the rich Barbara, he divorced his original wife. Barbara, who is not familiar with the world and has just opened her heart, is pursued by him madly, and naturally cannot resist his gentle consideration and tenderness, and soon the two sides fall in love. In this way, at the age of 21, she quickly married the Georgian prince, but barbara met someone unladylike, and this purposeful marriage did not make her happy. Soon after the marriage, the prince revealed his original appearance and began to desperately squander Barbara's property. Not only that, he was also unusually affectionate, gambling and drinking, the marriage lasted only two years and ended hastily, and in the end, the prince did not suffer losses, got a lot of alimony, and a car and a house.
Soon divorced, Barbara soon met her second husband, the Earl of Denmark. The count also came for her money, in order to get Barbara's liking, he took pains to find out that Barbara was very obsessed with Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry at that time, so he saw the opportunity to give Barbara the brand of custom jewelry, which can be deeply beautified, and then the count hit the iron while it was hot, and frequently showed favor to her through other means, so Barbara, who had just come out of the last failed marriage, married the Danish count.
They married and had a son, but the count was by nature, spending Barbara's money recklessly, and even more excessively, began to expose Barbara to white powder and abused her. Barbara, who was tortured physically and mentally in this way, not only contracted anorexia and drug addiction, but also paid the price of losing her fertility. The three-year marriage was devastating, costing her a lot of alimony and scarring herself.
Barbara's third husband was the only man who had a crush on her. At that time, it was during World War II, Barbara was squandering on weekdays, but at the critical moment, she did not forget the country, donated her yacht and Winfield Manor, Barbara's time was the highlight of her life, in addition to the label of wealth and beauty, there was also a good and righteous side. Because of her kindness, she fell into the eyes of Hollywood superstar Cary Grant.
Since then, Grant has looked at Barbara differently, and in this way, the two of them have slowly met, known, and loved each other, and entered the palace of marriage. Cary Grant was very good to Barbara and even tried to help her get rid of her alcoholism and dependence on drugs, but Barbara was always looking for the missing love and never knew how to get along with others. The trivialities of life left the two without passion, and the marriage failed once again, and the Hollywood superstar became the only man who did not ask Barbara for alimony.
Two years later, at the age of 32, Barbara met her fourth husband, the Prince of Russia. The prince also has a very handsome identity, that is, an F1 racing driver, and he is very professional, and has won many awards, but professional drivers often drift outside to compete, which makes Barbara very difficult to accept, so the relationship between the two gradually appeared cracks, Barbara is very reluctant to this relationship, to death, hoping that her husband can return to his side. However, the two eventually divorced, and Barbara once again paid a high amount of alimony.
Barbara, who pursues love, is also looking for a fifth husband. He was a diplomat and a playboy, and when he played a little trick, Barbara married him. Love comes and goes quickly, 53 days of flash marriage and divorce cost Barbara $2.5 million in tuition, and of course, for Barbara, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
After the love was not smooth, she married twice, both of which ended in failure.
Barbara has squandered glory and wealth, a lifelong paper drunk fan, experienced 7 failed marriages, and lost her only son in old age. One can't help but reflect on what caused her dramatic life? In fact, this mainly comes from her childhood.
Barbara lacked the love of her parents from an early age, her mother committed suicide because of her husband's cheating, and Barbara, who was only 6 years old, found her mother's body. After that, her father ignored her and abandoned her to relatives and friends to be taken care of by the nanny. Although Barbara is not short of money in life, she lacks love. And when she was a child, she planted the seeds of inferiority, sensitivity and introversion in her heart. Obviously, she is of good character, but she always thinks that she is not good enough to be loved.
This allows her to pursue love and make up for the lack of childhood in adulthood, of course, everything she has is solved with money, and naturally she will not get along with people. When encountering love, she does not consider the other party's suitability, it is completely hot-headed to get married, so she always encounters people who are not ladylike; in each relationship, she always suffers from gain and loss, insecurity, repetition, both sides are tired; and after each relationship, she will never think deeply about what she needs, just thinking about pursuing the next relationship.
When her son died of the plane crash, she collapsed, and in order to get a little warmth, she gave her jewelry to relatives, friends and people in need of help until the family's wealth was gone.
She died of a heart attack in 1979 with only $3,000 left in her account, and her life came to an end.