A billionaire has filed for divorce after his wife developed a 'dementia-like illness'.
The Porsche boss says the condition has caused changes in her personality and he wants out of the marriage.
Sources close to Woflgang Porsche and his wife 74-year-old Claudia say the illness has made living together impossible, the Mirror reports.
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The couple have been an item since 2007 and married in 2019, and Claudia is believed to have been living close to her daughter for the last two years. She is understood to have carers looking after her around the clock.
The grandmother's family say her mental condition has declined rapidly and she has been unable to move for several months.
The Porsche family own assets worth around £18billion, and media in Germany report that Wolfgang has been getting closer to his friend of 25 years, 59-year-old Gabriela Prinzessin zu Leiningen.
Wolfgang Heinz Porsche is a German-Austrian shareholder and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, as well as of Porsche AG.
The Stuttgart-born executive is the youngest son of former Porsche AG designer and Chief Executive Officer Ferdinand 'Ferry' Porsche and Dorothea Reitz.
His oldest brother is Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche, who designed the first Porsche 911.
He has four children, two to director and screenplay writer Susanne Bresser, whom he married in 1988 and divorced in 2008.
He lives in Zell am See, in Austria.
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