The Billionaire vs. the Beckhams

Paterfamilias rex: Nelson Peltz, with his son-in-law Brooklyn Beckham and his daughter Nicola Peltz Beckham.

David and Victoria Beckham thought they could win the public-relations war with their son Brooklyn—but they didn’t reckon on the sharp practices and bullying personality of his father-in-law, Nelson Peltz

By Jim Armitage

As the hundreds of guests drank champagne and danced with stilt walkers gliding through the crowd, you could be forgiven for thinking it could be a wedding thrown by the Beckhams. Along with the two bands and five singers, there was a basketball hoop, video games and even a mini ice hockey rink to keep the guests entertained. But this was a celebration out of David and Victoria’s price range.

At a reputed cost of $2 million, the party was not even a wedding, but a Bar Mitzvah thrown in New York’s Pierre hotel by Nelson Peltz, the billionaire US investor, for his twins Zachary and Gregory. And that was way back in 2016. When it came to the READ ON