An 81-year-old Austrian billionaire, known for the famous partners he invites to the annual Vienna Opera Ball, has married 24-year-old Playboy model Cathy Schmitz.
The pair wedded at Schönbrunn palace – a 1,441-room summer residence in Vienna – after meeting in February this year and becoming engaged in August.
Lugner acknowleged their 57-year age gap in an INTERVIEW with The Local before the wedding.
“Apart from the big age difference, everything FITS,” he said.
Construction magnate Lugner is well known in Austria for his shopping mall, Lugner City. Further afield he is better known for inviting a string of A-list women as his guest to the annual Vienna Opera Ball, including Raquel Welch, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton and most recently, Kim Kardashian.