Bethenny Frankel, an American businesswoman, television personality, philanthropist, and author, was born on November 4, 1970.
She played a prominent role in The Real Housewives of New York City on Bravo, appearing in eight of the show’s thirteen seasons from its debut in 2008.
She finished second in the 2005 season of the NBC reality competition series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart before this.
She then became the star of several of her shows, including the FOX daytime talk show Bethenny (2013–2014), the Bravo spin-offs Bethenny Ever After (2010–2012) and Bethenny & Fredrik (2018), and the HBO Max reality competition series The Big Shot with Bethenny (2021).
Frankel is the only child of interior designer Bernadette Birk and horse trainer Robert J. Frankel.
Her mother was a Welsh Roman Catholic, while her father was a German-Jewish. When Frankel was four years old, her father abandoned her mother. When she was five years old, her mother wed the Italian-born, Roman Catholic horse trainer John Parisella.
Bethenny Frankel’s husband Paul Bernon
Paul Bernon is an American businessman and film producer. His film ‘Best Kept Secret’ was awarded a Peabody Award in 2014.
Bernon attended Boston University to study film and New York University to earn a master degree in real estate. Bernon is currently a Managing Partner of PMB Ventures, a private holding firm with a focus on venture capital investments, real estate, and entertainment.
