Alejandra Silva


Alejandra Silva is a Spanish publicist and political activist.

Early career

Silva worked as an intern in The Farm ad agency in Madrid, and in 2005 she accepted a position in sales and marketing at a private firm in the airplane industry.

Personal life

Silva is the daughter of Ignacio Silva, a businessman and the former Vice President of Real Madrid Football Club.
Silva and first husband Govind Friedland, a mining magnate, had son Albert in December 2012. The couple were in the process of divorce by October 2015, by which time Silva was in a relationship with actor Richard Gere, a longtime family friend. She and Gere married in April 2018 at Gere's estate in Pound Ridge, New York. The couple had a son, Alexander, in early February 2019. In April 2020, it was reported that Silva had given birth to a second son.

Philanthropy

In 2007, Silva promoted a nonprofit initiative jointly with Karolina Kurkova called Beautiful Life Fund, which raises awareness of the plight of children in need, distressed refugee children, victims of war, and the education of homeless children around the world.
In 2010 she participated in the Real Madrid Football Club Foundation African Initiative Project by creating soccer leagues as means of integrating underprivileged children to their local communities and promoting sports and its values amongst African families.
Through her interest in nonprofit organizations, Silva met American actor Richard Gere and began a relationship. As of 2016, Silva continues her activism in nonprofit organization and supports The Rais Foundation for the Homeless.
In 2016 she was the cover model of Hola! Fashion.