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- Born: 1963
- Origin: Switzerland
- Religion: Catholicism
- Profession: Hedge fund financier
- Founder of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), a children's charity
- Father is French, mother English
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Arpad Busson is a Swiss financier in hedge funds, with sidelines in charity work and dating famous women. He has two children with Elle Macpherson, and is engaged to marry Uma Thurman. Busson and Thurman reportedly met in Milan in 2007—Busson is reported to have proposed the week of June 23, 2008.New York Daily News: Uma Thurman, Arpad Busson engaged (June 27, 2008)
Catholicism
Busson's commitment to his Catholic faith reportedly prevented him from marrying Macpherson, becuase she was a divorcée.Toronto Fashion Monitor: Elle Macpherson Found New Love However, he evidently reformed his religious views before proposing to Thurman—she has been divorced twice, from Gary Oldman and Ethan Hawke.New York Daily News: Uma Thurman, Arpad Busson engaged (June 27, 2008)
