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Google Billionaire Ex-Wife's Revenge Wedding

ValleyWag: What did the ex-wife of Google executive Omid Kordestani (net worth: $2.2 billion) do after getting dumped for a younger woman? She hooked up with a doctor and hired Julio Iglesias as her wedding singer.

Iglesias — whose private-performance fee is estimated at $1 million — was only the start of the bills for the wedding, held last weekend at the Marquis Cabo San Lucas hotel.

Kordestani's ex, Bita Daryabari, and her groom, varicose-vein specialist Reza Malek (pictured above, at a charity event in San Francisco), stayed in a $4,000/night presidential suite. Colin Cowie, the celebrity wedding planner who's seen Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Jennifer Lopez, and others to the altar, organized the nuptials. Some of the guests took chartered planes Daryabari and Malek paid for. A tequila party on the beach ended with fireworks; the last fusillade took the form of a heart. A chef was flown in from New York to cater the affair. Paparazzi, in town to lens Jennifer Aniston, stumbled across the event -- which, in a way, only added to its gaudy glamour.

It is hard to imagine a worse time to throw an extravagant wedding. But Daryabari surely had other things on her mind.

What turned Daryabari, a telecom executive turned philanthropist, into a towering Bridezilla? Her husband, Kordestani, was Google's 12th employee and its first salesman. He struck a search-licensing deal with the now-forgotten Netscape, then an Internet powerhouse where he previously worked, that made Google viable. Google's IPO made Kordestani wealthy, and as Google's shares soared, his fortune grew into the billions of dollars.

But then Kordestani fell in love with a coworker, Gisel Hiscock (right, and yes, that's really her name, poor dear). A rumored reconciliation after the revelation of his affair never happened. The couple moved to London last summer. Somewhere along the line, Daryabari and Kordestani finalized their divorce>>>

14-Jan-2009
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what a trashy article

by sussan (not verified) on

Good for Bita, she moved on! Omid deserved that depressed woman, BTW, she was married to an investment banker in NY, and she is damn ugly with an attitude. She had an affair with omid while she was married, they both stink and deserve each other! Good to see a clever girl like Bita moved on and started a new life. Congratulations to both of you.


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My bad

by Pondoria (not verified) on

I take it back. I *heart* iranian.com that's why I've never been able to quit it.

OMG!!! I am like SO proud! Suck it Brangelina.
We gots our own Bizy to the Rezay.

Jail time, not bail time!


I Have a Crush on Alex Trebek

It's ok Omid. I fell in love with hiscock too

by I Have a Crush on Alex Trebek on

It wasn't worth it for me. I hope it was for you!


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Trebek

by Anonymous (not verified) on

You are so right on this one. I like this story too it first appeared on i.com here:

//iranian.com/main/singlepage/2007/omid-b...

Looks like she has an effect on men that makes them wear weird ties! Look at Omid's ;-)

I think at least half of their guests were affected by recession? Also, here are couple of better pictures of Hiscock:

//www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/28899877...

//www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/28891531...


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congradulations bita and dr.reza malek

by ravi (not verified) on

first of all dr malek is an interventional radiologist who is specialized in neurointerventional radiology who by the way would save your dumb ass if you had a stroke. second if they want to spend a billion dollars on their wedding that's their business and their money. this article is retarded.


I Have a Crush on Alex Trebek

Hiscock got him! This is one of my favorite stories

by I Have a Crush on Alex Trebek on

This is a wonderful story. Rich people having affairs and having extravagant weddings during a recession. love this love this. merci beaucoup Can't decide what is funnier - the mistress' name OR that awful shitty tie he's wearing in that picture. 

So much money and you look like a Night at the Roxbury? 


Siah

Gossip!

by Siah on

I don't care you sleeps with who, Omid Kordestani is a great Iranian and so is Bita,  lets get our nose out of their business

 

PS. I love gossip though

 


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OP money

by Anonymous fishie (not verified) on

that was the BEST danny devito film ever!!!! i love the guy!

there are always two sides to every story no, wait, kaveh said it best. THREE sides. yours, mine and the truth. excellent.

it's easy to criticize how much money was spent (or wasted if that's your point of view) on a wedding when there is so much need for humanitatian efforts. but on the other hand, you have no idea how much they do or give away. it's human nature to be critical and yes, even envious.

as for him being the love of her life, it reminds me of "deal or no deal". every round the player SWEARS that "my case holds the million bucks". then it's the 750K and then the 50K.

the guy goes home with $10.00.


Souri

Kaveh :O))

by Souri on

It's our day today ! We both have nothing else to do, but talking about "other people's money". BTW : Have you seen that movie with Dany deVito 1991 ?

Anyway, rest assure in that "world of the riches" this things are already part of their lives. It is not even them who do sign or decide, it is their lawyers. Also, The Doctor, may be as rich as her, who knows ?

Viva women, especially the Iranian women !!!


Farnoosh

Beauty brains and heart

by Farnoosh on

I'm so happy for Bita and Reza. I hope they have enjoyed their wedding and their life together is filled with bliss.

There will always be people who say mean things, specially when it comes to feeling less fortunate than the successful ones. Bita must be used to it by now.


farshadjon

Omid, you are done!

by farshadjon on

I read an article about Omid and Bita troubled marriage around a year ago. To be honest, I am always suspicious of women (not all of them, but most of them) as I think that they play lots of games and you better call women, movie stars as they are always acting. Again, as I said before, not all of them, majority of them.  (I really do not want to be shot and killed by tomorrow).   

 

But,

 

As I was/ am interested in the life of successful entrepreneurs and how they handle their private life beside the business, I regrettably have to say that this break up has nothing to do with Bita.

 

I believe that she is a really talented and pretty girl who was successful both in her family life and business. I have to point a finger on Omid as I really liked him and I still do.

 

His affair with that ugly bitch ruined his family. I still can not believe that Omid left Bita for that moron. Bita was helping Omid on his important decisions toward his successful career. But money can/will change everything.

 

Omid made his worse mistake in his life and he will be sorry for that for the rest of his life. Omid could not balance the pressure of work and family and got involved with that retarded girl. He should have taught more about his action.

 

I am not bringing the excuse but the affair revealed the troubled marriage and the end result was obvious. I don’t see a good future neither for Google nor Omid for the coming years.

 

I must congratulate Bita khanom for this wedding. Omid did not deserve this woman and he will understand one day for sure that Bita was behind most of his success. Bita was not a junky girl from clubs to be throwed away like that.


Kaveh Nouraee

Souri

by Kaveh Nouraee on

hmmm....I wonder if she did! And if so, I wish I could have seen the look on the doctor's face when it was put in front of him to sign!!


Souri

I don't think so.....

by Souri on

She is smart enough to sign a pre-nup before a second marriage :O)))


Kaveh Nouraee

Omid Kordestani

by Kaveh Nouraee on

should have had a pre-nup. That way he might have been able to avoid having to pay for all of this.

I especially love the part where it says that some of the guests took chartered planes "that Daryabari and Malek paid for". LMAO!!

Couples get divorced all the time, and the fact that Bita remarried is no big deal. If she's happy, she's happy. But if this marriage doesn't last, (and statistics give second marriages less hope for success than first ones...67% divorce rate vs. 50% for first marriages), she may end up being the one writing a check next time.


Souri

Good for her (Bita)

by Souri on

I don't care about the wedding or the money....Just I am very happy for Bita having found the love of her life, finally. The way she was betrayed by Kordestani, was the most horrible thing a woman can endured.

It proveed the old Iranian proverb : tommoun mard ke 2 ta mishe... When poor men become rich, they loos sight of their own values !

good for Bita, she had find better than Omid :O)))


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marriage

by omidieh (not verified) on

do we care for the people who are wasting so much money??
and we are reading about it in here!!


IRANdokht

Bita khanoom

by IRANdokht on

Mobarak basheh! You are a beautiful intelligent young lady.

Be Payeh ham pir shin...

Congratulations

IRANdokht


Multiple Personality Disorder

I remembered you

by Multiple Personality Disorder on

from your post in one of JJ's blogs discussing lavish weddings rude comments.


Party Girl

Dear MPD

by Party Girl on

And I am proud of you!  You are a good man, though I can't quite understand why you would remember silly old me when you are looking at someone else's contribution!  Since you brought me into this, I'll say my piece!

I think when two people get married, it is only appropriate to wish them well and hope that they have a life full of love.  That is what I wish for Bita and Reza Malek.

I can never understand why some people choose to pick on others just because they are rich.  Bita Daryabari Malek (I assume this will be her new name), has been a staunch supporter of Iranian women and Iranian arts and literature.  She is a devoted philanthropist who has helped excellent cultural and academic programs at Stanford University in California. 

We have seen many Iranian weddings in diaspora.  Some are austere and some are lavish, depending on what people choose to do for their celebration.  While we may have different personal tastes, it is really rude and mean when people don't know how to congratulate someone on an important decision in their life.

My personal favorite party is when it is to celebrate love.  I wish the lovely couple all the best that life has to offer.

You are good MDP, all of you, and I have known that for a while.


Multiple Personality Disorder

I tried extremely hard not to make a negative comment about this

by Multiple Personality Disorder on

If Party Girl knew about my effort she’d be very proud of me.