
Uma and Arpad at Elton John’s 10th Annual White Tie and Tiara benefit
Uma Thurman, 38, is engaged to long-time boyfriend, financier Arpad Busson. Busson reportedly surprised Thurman with the ring this week in London, where the couple attended a star-studded 90th birthday party for Nelson Mandela. “It was a really old-fashioned romantic gesture,” said a friend.
“Everyone is so happy for Uma after what she went through with that stalker,” added the pal, referring to Thurman’s recent court ordeal with obsessed fan Jack Jordan. “Arki is a guy who can take care of her.”
Thurman showed off the flashy engagement ring Thursday night at Elton John’s British manor house, where he’s throwing his 10th White Tie and Tiara benefit.
Busson, 45, in heads the EIM investment company, which manages assets of over $13 billion, according to the company. He has raised millions for children at risk through his Absolute Return for Kids charity.
Busson, who has two children with supermodel Elle Macpherson who was also at Elton’s party.
The couple hit it off last year at a dinner in Milan. Uma was coming off a three-year relationship with hotelier Andre Balazs.
She was also feeling the aftershocks of her divorce from cheating second husband Ethan Hawke. (Her marriage to actor Gary Oldman ended in 1992.
“Uma was dealing with visitation issues with her two kids with Ethan,” said a friend. “Arky was going through the same thing with Elle. They bonded.”
