He designerretired since the year 2007forged one of the most powerful fashion empires. According to recent estimates, its personal fortune is situated between the 1,000 and the 1.5 billion dollars.

Now, knowing who will inherit such an exorbitant figure is a mystery. It is expected that part of his legacy falls on your partner and ex-partner, Giancarlo Giammetti (83), the Valentino Garavani Foundationas well as in some people who were part of his inner circle

Among them are Anthony and Sean Souza, two Brazilian brothers that work as DJ and they move like a fish in the water high society. Nobody knows them by name, but they were two of the people most loved by the Italian couturier.

Members of the international jet set

Valentino, without direct descendants, He lost his older sister Wanda Garavani, almost 30 years ago. This died in 1997.

Part of his legacy will remain in the hands of his relatives (such as his great nephew, the designer Oscar Garavani) and a small number of people whom he considered part of his family.

Two of these loved ones are Souza brothers. These were not only their godchildren. For Valentino, they were the children you always dreamed of having.

After the death of the master of haute couture, the name of Anthony and Sean Souza They sound loud. But who are they and what was their real link with the master of haute couture?

Both brothers, true strangers in Spain, are common faces in the jet set of the old and the new continent.

Yeson children of Carlos Souzaformer model, stylist, Valentino global ambassador and mythical house public relations, and of the socialite Charlene Shorto de Ganayoriginally from Pernambuco and daughter of an acquaintance banker of his country.

Since his childhood They grew up around Valentino. And his father, Carlos Souza, has been close to the Italian for decades.

Who is Carlos Souza

Carlos Souza’s personal story is as bizarre as it is fascinating. Having just come of age, Valentino met him in a nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, -the iconic Hippopotamus-club, during the city carnivals.

They ran 70s and it was the golden age of the night Ipanema. He click between them it was immediate. Valentino, captivated by his physical attractiveness and for his charismainvited him to travel with him to Europe.

That’s how it started a romantic relationship which, later, would give way to a strong professional bond. Thanks to Valentino’s help, Souza made his way as manikin -and how stylist– on the best catwalks.

During 10 years, Souza and Valentino were sentimental couple. After the breakup they maintained a very close friendship, almost like a family, which lasted until the designer’s last days.

Carlos, a master in the noble arts of interpersonal relationshipsshe would experience another chance encounter that would open as many doors as those facilitated by her friendship with Valentino.

It coincided with Andy Warhol while taking some photographs at a party in New York. The meeting with the American artist, a key figure of the pop art, helped him get a job at the magazine Interview as editor and photographer.

Prolific, restless, curious man, lover of travel and gastronomy, For decades he combined several jobs at the same time.

With Valentino he not only collaborated as stylist: also It was his most famous ‘PR’. And next to the one that was in the eighties his wife, Charlene Shortosigned some photography books published by Assouline. With her he had two children: Anthony and Sean.

Related to the Thyssen

Both brothers grew up with total proximity to the fashion universe and to the highest levels at an international level. Despite this, they have always maintained a discreet life.

Low profile in the face of the media, both have been seen in parades, exclusive events and private meetings close to the figure of the designer.

However, his discretion is maximum. They lavish themselves with what is just and essential in environments where their identity can attract too much attention.

The reason for his low profile It is simply that they do not need to have notoriety. From the cradle they are ‘good children’. And, like his father, They are interrelated with the most influential people of the world.

If they have inherited the character from their father bon vivant, from their mother they have inherited blood ties with the Thyssen family.

It is curious, yes. But the truth is that they have family ties with the European aristocracy. They are related to the late Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemiszaex-husband of Carmen Cervera (82).

No profile on the networks

Anthony and Sean’s mother, Charlene, is the sister of Liane Denise Sortowho was the baron’s fourth wife (Tita Cervera was the fifth and last). She got married in fourth marriage with the German nobleman December 13, 1967.

As a result of their short-lived marriage, 1974 their only child together was born, Alexander Thyssen-Bornemisza. This is cousin brother by Sean and Anthony.

As a curious fact, it should be noted that their aunt and the eccentric baron, patron and owner of the largest private art collection in the world, They divorced on November 29, 1984.

Both made their separation official after a long dispute in court which caused rivers of ink to flow in the British press and from which Liane Denise obtained significant profits. At least, in economic matters.

At the time it was said that he had perceived 15,000 million of the old pesetaswhich is equivalent to about 90 million euros at the current exchange rate. But that’s another story.

Little information is known about the personal lives of Sean and Anthony Souza. The most striking: They do not have public accounts on social networks.

Sean Souza, partner of Raica Oliveira

Sean Souza is known to have done grandfather to Carlos Souza. Has a romantic relationship with Raica Oliveiraa Brazilian model as popular in her country as her countrywomen Gisele Bündchen (45), Adriana Lima (44) or Alessandra Ambrosio (44).

Raica, who was romantically involved with the Spanish businessman Javier Hidalgoyes you have an account opened in instagramwhere they follow her more than 48,000 followers.

In your profile She often shares images of her work in fashion magazines and catwalks. However, there are hardly any images of him with Sean, or during their pregnancy.

Father of twins

In July 2024, The couple welcomed their twin daughters. Two girls called Dahlia and Zaya.

«They were born in Rio de Janeiro at 7:43 and 7:46. They are healthy and beautiful. I am officially a grandfather,» Carlos Souza wrote proudly after the birth of the little girls.

The privacy, one of the most respected values ​​for Sean Souza, he has worked punctually in the textile industry. Although he has participated in some paradehas chosen to develop her professional career outside of the catwalk.

Raised in Europe, he finished his studies in London. During his youth he spent six months in the Indiaduring which he developed great interest in the practices of yoga and meditation.

Anthony Souza, DJ and with a Spanish ex-girlfriend

Regarding Anthony Souza, it is known that has worked as a DJ and that he had a relationship with socialite and Hispanic-Lebanese influencer Khalidia El Assir Fernández-Longoriadaughter of Maria Fernandez-Longoria and of Abdul Rahman El Assir.

Like his brother, he was raised in the best European schools. Regarding him, his father has highlighted on social networks that he is «the glue of our family.»

«He is the great number two… very proud of his quick and intelligent mind and soul,» he recalled on his Instagram account, where he described him as his «titico«(«his little one»).

The truth is that both brothers have been nourished by the fashion environment and the circle of friends of Valentino.

With the couturier they shared dinners, meetings with friends, trips and very special moments shared with their circle of trust. All of this forged a bond so close that the designer considered them as the children that he could never -and would have loved- to have.

Valentino’s fortune

To the multimillion-dollar personal fortune Of Valentino we must add the luxurious properties he owned, spread throughout the most idyllic corners of the planet.

Some of these homes are: wideville castlea 16th century residence in Parisa chalet in Gstaadin the Swiss Alps; an attic in New York with a view to park avenue; a mansion in Capri -Villa La Cercola, which he bought in 1968-; and a 19th century villa in London, which housed several paintings of Picasso, Basquiat and Damien Hirstvalued at tens of millions of pounds.

All of this was part of his select portfolio of properties along with his town of Rome, his most prized residence, located in the Via Appia Antica.

Another of his most expensive whims was TM Bluea 40-meter-long superyacht valued at more than 15 million euros.

In his luxury boat he spent long periods sailing the waters of the Mediterranean, in the company of intimates such as his inseparable Naty Abascal (82).

The Sevillian aristocrat, by the way, maintains a close personal relationship with Valentino’s godchildrenwho, for sure, will get a good pinch of their colossal fortune.