Did David Geffen Really Risk Billions by Skipping a Prenup?

David Geffen is a triple threat—a record executive, film producer, and talent agent—but was he a threat to his own multibillion-dollar empire when he tied the knot without a prenup?

In March of 2023, Mr. Geffen married his personal trainer, David Armstrong. It was a union that drew intense speculation, due to their 50-year age gap—Mr. Geffen was 80 to Mr. Armstrong’s 30—as well as rumors about Mr. Armstrong’s past and evidence that he had changed his name several times (Mr. Armstrong also goes by Donovan Michaels).

Still, love is love, and the couple enjoyed a lifestyle befitting Mr. Geffen’s extreme wealth, at least until they didn’t. Two years later, in February of 2025, they separated, and Mr. Geffen officially filed for divorce in Los Angeles, CA, in May 2025, citing irreconcilable differences.

Though the shock factor of this May-December relationship had worn off, news of the divorce brought a surprising twist—that the couple had not signed a prenuptial agreement.

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"Did David Geffen Really Risk Billions by Skipping a Prenup?" by Morgan Fraser Mouchette was published in Forbes on May 30, 2025.