Niki Lauda Ex wife Marlene Knaus: Age, Rush, Wiki and Net worth

Marlene Knaus Wiki/Bio

Marlene Knaus was born in the USA of America, she is a former model, but probably best known for being the current ex-wife of former professional motor-racing driver Niki Lauda. Her popularity as a model never actually attracted global attention, but instead, she attained international fame as a result of her ex-husband.

Marlene Knaus Education and Childhood

Very little info can be found about Marlene’s childhood, family or her education, but it’s known that she climbed up in the united states, and later received citizenship in Austria. Before meeting and beginning a relationship with Lauda, she had been famous as a model, especially as an ‘It’ girl who was a popular term of the time describing girls with sex appeal as well as a personality — the expression gained widespread use after the release of this movie entitled “It” starring Clara Bow.

A lady fitted It-girl title nicely if she wins a high amount of fame without the need to flaunt her sexuality; the term is more fittingly used for both recognition and beauty. However, her name just reached international attention after she started a connection with all the legendary racer, resulting in marriage.

Marlene Knaus Ex Husband Niki Lauda

Andreas Nikolaus Lauda is the only driver to have been a winner for both McLaren and Ferrari, which would be the two most prosperous constructors in the game and is regarded by most as one of the best F1 drivers of all time.

Among the most noteworthy events that happened in his profession apart from his world championship wins occurred during the 1976 German Grand Prix, when he suffered severe burns off his Ferrari burst in flames, and came close to death after inhaling toxic fumes but was able to survive. Only six weeks after, he managed to regain enough to race at the Italian Grand Prix.

Throughout the latter part of his lifetime, he has become more of an aviation entrepreneur, operating the airline companies Laudamotion, Niki, and Lauda Air. He is also a brand ambassador for its Bombardier Business Aircraft and was also a consultant for Scuderia Ferrari.

Niki Lauda Marlene Knaus Divorce and marriage

According to reports, Knaus met Niki Lauda in the 1970s, and shortly after the two started their connection, with Lauda ending a long-term relationship of eight years in the order, he could start dating the model. The two’s relationship went well, and they finally married in 1976, and they had two children and seemingly a smooth union before 1991 when they chose to have a divorce.

While the particulars of the reason they never shared, it’s known that she received a substantial pay-out, raising her net worth. Both afterwards moved on, and remain connected. One of their kids, Mathias would become a race driver for his father, along with their other kid Lukas became Mathias’ manager.

Her ex-husband would later marry Birgit Wetzinger at 2008, who is 30 years his junior was a flight attendant for one of his airlines. Knaus’ life, on the other hand, moved further away from the spotlight, as more focus was on her ex-husband.

Marlene Knaus Net worth

How wealthy is Marlene Knaus? As of late-2018, resources estimate a net value that’s at $43 million, earned through a prosperous career in modelling, also significantly increased thanks to her association with Lauda who has a net worth estimated at $100 million after the divorce settlement. Do you know Kathy Leutner? .Since she continues her profession, it’s expected that her prosperity will even continue to increase.

Movie: “Rush”

The film proved financially useful, and also got excellent reviews from the critics in addition to movie audiences. Lauda also commented that the movie looked fantastic, and he was impressed. Then he expressed sadness at the departure of his rival Hunt from a heart attack at the age of 45.

Among the reasons why there is hardly any details regarding Marlene is because of her absence of any internet presence. She used to have Twitter accounts, where she did a few tweets at 2014 before getting inactive. Besides that, the only pictures of her circulating the net are old pictures of her much younger self, together with Lauda. There are also quite a few images of her now, though Niki is often seen with his wife, Wetzinger. 

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