Leona Helmsley - Rich by snatching her husband, stealing money from employees, giving her pet dog to inherit 273 billion VND

Leona Helmsley - a woman who dropped out of school became a hotel queen, owning a huge fortune worth billions of dollars that made many people admire.

Change your life by "getting your husband"

Leona Helmsley's real name is Lena Mindy Rosenthal, born on July 4, 1920 in Marbletown, New York. Although she studied very well, Leona decided to drop out of high school to seek her luck. She got into a flower car at the age of 18. Her first husband, Leo Panzirer, was 10 years older than Leona, working as a lawyer. They had a son, Jay, before divorcing in the 40s.

Not long after that, Leona worked as a secretary to Joseph Lubin - a textile factory manager and her second husband. They broke up not long after that, then remarried because they still had feelings. This marriage also lasted only 5 more years before the two went their separate ways. At that time, at the age of 42, Leona had nothing in her hand, except for her 20-year-old son: no husband, no degree and no job.

Initially, Leona worked at a textile factory, then became a secretary for the real estate company Pease and Elliman. Only about 2 years later, this business went through the process of changing hands, as well as forever changing the life of an uneducated middle-aged woman. Although she is only a secretary, Leona believes she is more talented than the other brokers in the company. She constantly convinced her boss to give her a chance to prove herself. Initially, Leona worked with a small group of clients, then gradually assigned to more high-end residential projects.

Within just a few years, Leona became the Vice President of the company, owning a salary and commission of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The money allowed her to buy a lavish penthouse in Manhattan. In the eyes of an outsider, Leona's success far exceeded normal standards. However, for this woman, that was not enough. She wanted her life to be more glamorous.

At that time, Harry Helmsley was one of the richest men in America. This 59-year-old billionaire holds many of the most prestigious real estate companies in New York. By then, Leona had become a successful broker, she wanted to work under Harry Helmsley.

After a period of searching for opportunities, Leona approached Harry. Only after the first meeting, she was appointed Vice President in charge of business and cooperation for the famous tycoon. This position also allows businesswomen to work with the most profitable assets. Many people believe that Leona joined the company just to be close to "real estate king" Harry Helmsley. Because, not long after, rumors about them dating began to surface. Harry decided to divorce his wife of 30 years, in 1971, and married Leona the following summer. In just a decade, Leona went from an uneducated single mother working in a textile factory to the wife of one of the richest men in America. Finally, the dream that she always cherished came true.

So bad-tempered that he almost lost his life because of the staff's revenge

In the '70s, Leona got lucky when Harry expressed his dream of building a luxury hotel unprecedented in the world. In 1980, the magnificent Helmsley Palace Hotel celebrated its grand opening. Guests are carefully selected, including figures in the elite, politicians, stars and a few prestigious reporters.

Regarding the task of running the hotel, the 59-year-old billionaire gave everything to his wife. As President, Leona is determined to bring unprecedented services to guests. Leona also considers herself a queen, she possesses absolute power, always aiming for perfection. Any employee who violates them will be reprimanded, ridiculed and banned from her "kingdom".

Staff at Helmsley hotels must pay attention to detail, working far beyond the requirements of the mission. Even a small mistake can cost the whole job. It is because of this harshness that the employees working under Leona begin to dislike her, then gradually turn to hate and fear. The famous businesswoman is a hot-tempered person: one second she is happy, the next second she is angry. The staff nicknamed Leona "The Bad Queen".

Among them, someone hated Leona so much that he wanted to kill this woman. In the 80s, a business woman and her husband were suddenly attacked in their sleep. She was stabbed in the chest, but fortunately survived. The perpetrator escapes, but Leona believes it to be her former employee.

Thanks to the success of the Palace Hotel, the Helmsleys bought more resort villas and spent about $8 million more to renovate the house. Among the richest in America, but the Helmsleys are "stingy" to the point of trying to steal money from contractors. The billionaire family made the excuse that the repair costs were too high, while the results did not meet their wishes.

However, a group of contractors, gardeners, decorators, etc. decided to form an alliance and filed a lawsuit against the couple. More importantly, they discovered that the Helmsleys evaded taxes by treating the cost of repairing their own home as a hotel expense. Finally, in 1985, all of the Helmsleys' wrongdoing was exposed in the press for the world to see. Not long after that, the authorities also began investigating violations in the business activities of the billionaire family.

When the Helmsley family "falls off the horse", many people believe that the "Mean Queen" will receive the retribution she deserves. If impeached, the couple risks spending more than 100 years in prison and paying a substantial fine. In 1989, Leona was convicted of 33 counts, including mail fraud, tax fraud and falsifying data. The businesswoman received a 16-year prison sentence, as well as a fine of more than $7 million. Soon after, she successfully appealed to the New York Supreme Court, so she only needed to spend 19 months in the relevant prison, plus 2 months of house arrest.

Let your dog inherit 12 million USD

In 1997, Harry Helmsley died at the age of 87. He left all his assets to his wife, including the Helmsley hotel chain, Helmsley Palace and the Empire State Building, with a value of up to 5 billion USD. At that time, Leona became one of the richest people in America. Ten years later, Leona Helmsley died of heart failure at the age of 87. She was buried in a marble mausoleum worth up to $1.4 million.

In her will, the businesswoman left $4 billion to the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charity. She has 4 grandchildren, but only left an inheritance to 2 of them. Each will receive $5 million in cash and $5 million in a trust fund, on the condition that they visit their father's grave every year.

Unfortunately, the other two grandchildren did not receive any money. The reason is that they did not name their child after Leona's late husband Harry. Leona considers this act disrespectful and disrespectful to the Helmsleys.

Instead, the female billionaire left 12 million USD (273 billion VND) for her pet dog Trouble. The judge suspected that Leona was not really awake at the time of writing the will because the amount of money was more than necessary. In the end, according to the court ruling, the number was reduced to 2 million USD (45 billion VND).

Alvin - Leona's younger brother - was appointed as trustee of his sister's estate, and took care of Trouble full-time. This job has a salary of 60,000 USD/year. Each year, this dog will receive a protection package worth $ 100,000 / year, $ 8,000 / year for beauty and $ 1,200 for food. In addition, Leona also left her personal driver $100,000. She also spends $3 million to clean her mausoleum at least once a year. Trouble passed away in December 2010. According to Leona's will, this dog will be buried next to Leona in the mausoleum. Unfortunately, this was not possible, because New York state law does not allow pets to be buried in human cemeteries.

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