Naomi Campbell has become a mother for the second time at the age of 53. PA
Naomi Campbell has become a mother for the second time at the age of 53. PA
Naomi Campbell has become a mother for the second time at the age of 53. PA
Naomi Campbell has become a mother for the second time at the age of 53. PA

Naomi Campbell, Al Pacino and other stars who embraced parenthood later in life


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Naomi Campbell has welcomed a baby boy.

The British model, 53, announced the new arrival on Instagram, sharing a photo of herself holding her son as her daughter reaches in to clasp his hand.

Referencing her age, she wrote in the caption: "It’s never too late to become a mother."

"My little darling, know that you are cherished beyond measure and surrounded by love from the moment you graced us with your presence," Campbell added. "A true gift from God ... Welcome baby boy."

Campbell has not yet shared her son's name. In May 2021, she announced that she had welcomed a daughter at the age of 50; she has chosen to also keep her daughter's name private. The model posed with her daughter on the cover of British Vogue last year and in the accompanying interview confirmed that the child was not adopted.

"She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child," she said.

Campbell is just one of many celebrities who have chosen to embrace parenthood in their later years.

Here are 27 celebrities who have had children later in life …

1. Al Pacino, 83

Al Pacino, 83, welcomed a baby boy with his partner Noor Alfallah, 29, in June. AFP
Al Pacino, 83, welcomed a baby boy with his partner Noor Alfallah, 29, in June. AFP

Al Pacino become a father for the fourth time at the age of 83, with the birth of his son Roman to Kuwaiti-American partner, Noor Alfallah, 29 earlier this month. Alfallah is noted as a producer on IMDb, with two films in post-production, including the film Billy Knight, in which Pacino stars.

Pacino has already fathered a daughter Julie Marie, 33, with acting coach Jan Tarrant and twins Anton and Olivia, 22, with actor Beverly D'Angelo.

2. Robert De Niro, 79

US actor Robert De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen. AFP
US actor Robert De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen. AFP

Robert De Niro also made headlines earlier this year when he revealed he had recently become a father again at the age of 79.

While the Raging Bull star did not say when the baby was born or reveal the name of the mother, Hollywood sources claim he welcomed his seventh child with girlfriend Tiffany Chen, 45, an actress and martial arts expert who starred with De Niro in the 2015 film The Intern.

Chen is the daughter of kung-fu Grandmaster William CC Chen and an accomplished athlete in her own right.

De Niro, who is also a grandfather, has six children from his previous relationships; daughter Drena, 51, and son Raphael, 46, with his first wife, Diahnne Abbott; twin sons Julian and Aaron, 27, with model and actress Toukie Smith; and son Elliot, 24, and daughter Helen Grace, 11, with his ex-wife Grace Hightower.

3. Janet Jackson, 50

The singer-songwriter, 56, gave birth to her only child, Moses, in January 2017 when she was 50, after marrying Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana in 2012.

4. Rod Stewart, 66

The Scottish singer-songwriter, now 78, welcomed his seventh child, Aidan Patrick Stewart, when he was 66 with his wife, Penny Lancaster Stewart.

The Mask actress, 50, gave birth to her first and only child with musician Benji Madden at the age of 47, a daughter named Raddix.

5. Cameron Diaz, 47

The Mask actress, 50, gave birth to her first and only child with musician Benji Madden at the age of 47, a daughter named Raddix.

6. Laura Linney, 49

The Ozark star was 49 years old when she gave birth to her only child, a son called Bennett, in January 2014. “I'm certainly not an advocate for having children later, but for me, it's been wonderful and I'm deeply grateful,” she told The Guardian.

7. Geena Davis, 46

The Thelma and Louise star, 67, became a mother for the second time when she was 46, giving birth to twin sons, Kian William and Kaiis Steven, brothers to her daughter Alizeh Keshvar.

8. Halle Berry, 47

The Oscar winner, 56, gave birth to her son Maceo Robert Martinez in October 2013 when she was 47. She welcomed her first child, daughter Nahla, at the age of 41.

9. Clint Eastwood, 66

The 92-year-old actor and director had his eighth child, daughter Morgan, with his second wife Dina Ruiz in 1996. His eldest child, daughter Laurie, was born in 1954.

10. Susan Sarandon, 45

The Bull Durham actress, 76, was 45 when she gave birth to her son Miles Guthrie, after welcoming daughter Eva Amurri at 39 and son Jack Henry at 42.

11. Rachel Weisz, 48

Oscar winner Rachel Weisz welcomed her second child at 48. Photo: Getty Images
Oscar winner Rachel Weisz welcomed her second child at 48. Photo: Getty Images

British actress Weisz, 53, welcomed her second child – her first with husband, James Bond actor Daniel Craig – a daughter whose name has not been made public, in September 2018, when she was 48.

12. Charlie Chaplin, 73

The Hollywood star had 11 children, becoming a father for the final time at the age of 73 when his son Christopher was born in 1962.

13. Eva Longoria, 43

Desperate Housewives actress Longoria, 48, gave birth to her only child, a son called Santiago Enrique, when she was 43.

14. Alanis Morissette, 45

The multi-Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, now 48, welcomed her third child at the age of 45, a son named Winter, with husband Mario Treadway.

15. Ernest Lehman, 86

The Hollywood screenwriter, who wrote North by Northwest, West Side Story, The Sound of Music and The King and I was 86 when he welcomed his third child, Jonathan, with his second wife in 2002. He died three years later.

16. Tana Ramsay, 44

The 48-year-old wife of British chef Gordon Ramsay, welcomed the couple’s fifth child, son Oscar, in April 2019 when she was 44.

17. Hilary Swank, 48

The two-time Oscar winner, aged 48, gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on April 9.

18. Ronnie Wood, 68

The Rolling Stone guitarist, 75, welcomed his fifth and sixth children on June 1, 2016, when his wife Sally Humphreys, 31 years his junior, had twin girls; Gracie Jane and Alice Rose.

19. Natalie Imbruglia, 44

Australian actress and singer Imbruglia, 48, gave birth to her son Max Valentine in October 2019, at the age of 44.

20. Sir Paul McCartney, 61

The former Beatle, now 81, became a father for the fifth time at the age of 61 when his then-wife Heather Mills welcomed their daughter, Beatrice.

21. Tamron Hall, 48

Talk show host Hall, 52, welcomed her first child at the age of 48, giving birth to son Moses with husband Steven Greener.

22. Pablo Picasso, 68

The celebrated artist was father to four children, the last of whom, Paloma, was born in 1949 when he was 68.

22. Kelly Preston, 48

The actress and late wife of John Travolta welcomed the couple’s third child, a baby boy called Benjamin, at the age of 48 in November 2001.

24. Marcia Gay Harden, 44

Fifty Shades of Grey actress Harden, 63, had twins Hudson and Julitta Dee in 2004, with husband Thaddaeus Scheel, when she was 44. She had their first child, daughter Eulala Grace, at the age of 39.

25. Rupert Murdoch, 72

Rupert Murdoch fathered Chloe Murdoch (pictured with her mother Wendi) when he was 72. Photo: Reuters, Instagram @wendimurdoch
Rupert Murdoch fathered Chloe Murdoch (pictured with her mother Wendi) when he was 72. Photo: Reuters, Instagram @wendimurdoch

The 92-year-old media mogul has six children. The youngest, Chloe, was born in 2003 to his former wife Wendi Deng, when he was 72.

26. Marcia Cross, 44

The Desperate Housewives actress, 61, welcomed twin girls Eden and Savannah in February 2007, just before her 45th birthday.

27. Mary Stuart Masterson, 44

Actress Mary Stuart Masterson gave birth to twins when she was 44. Photo: Reuters, Instagram @marystuartmasterson
Actress Mary Stuart Masterson gave birth to twins when she was 44. Photo: Reuters, Instagram @marystuartmasterson

Benny & Joon actress Masterson, 56, welcomed twins Clio and Wilder with her husband, actor Jeremy Davidson, in August 2011, when she was 44.

A version of this story was first published on May 11

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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.

Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.

Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.

Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.

“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.

Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.

From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.

Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.

BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.

Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.

Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.

“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.

Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.

“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.

“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”

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