Who Is Bethenny Frankel's New Boyfriend? All About Businessman Tom Villante

Mar. 15, 2025

Bethenny Frankel and Tom Villante attend Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” season 5B NYC premiere on November 07, 2024 in New York City.Photo:Noam Galai/Getty

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Bethenny Frankelis ready to show off her new man.

TheReal Housewives of New York Cityalum started dating businessman Tom Villante in 2024, making her first public appearance with him at theYellowstoneNew York City premiere on Nov. 7. Franklinwent Instagram official with the businessmanjust a few weeks later, sharing a snap of Villante building a fire in a fireplace for her ahead of Thanksgiving.

The reality star was previously married to Jason Hoppy, with whom she shares her daughter, Bryn. After a 10-year-long process, theirdivorce was finalizedin January 2021. Shortly after, Frankel wasengaged to Paul Bernon, whom she had been dating since 2018. However, the pairsplit in May 2024, with Frankel later revealing she hadinitiated the breakup.

Frankel has been open about her dating life since on her TikTok, where she’s posted a number of videos giving relationship advice orsharing insights into her own endeavors.

“This is so critical in relationships that you say to yourself is this good or great? And if you don’t know ‘yes,’ it’s ‘no,’ " the Skinnygirl founder said in avideoposted a week before theYellowstonepremiere. “If you have something in your body questioning your relationship, and it’s even very good, but it’s not great, that’s not good enough.”

Villante is the founder of his own business

Bethenny Frankel poses at the opening night of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical “Bad Cinderella” on Broadway at The Imperial Theatre on March 23, 2023 in New York City ; Tom Villante attends the Los Angeles End Jew Hatred/ The Lawfare Project Fundraiser on May 08, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.Bruce Glikas/WireImage ; Amy Sussman/Getty

Bruce Glikas/WireImage ; Amy Sussman/Getty

After graduating with a degree in economics from Princeton University in 1989, Villante pursued a career in finance, per hisLinkedIn. He started his career as an investment banker before moving into private equity, becoming a partner at The Seidler Company.

Now, he serves as the chairman and CEO of YapStone, which is primarily based in Santa Monica, Calif.

He and Frankel have both been previously married

Like Frankel, Villante was previously married. In 1996, the businessman tied the knot with Caitlin Anastasia Meeha in a ceremony in Greenwich, Conn., according toThe New York Times.

“It was something that I kept to myself. It was something that I mourned on my own, and I did therapy, and I did the work … I just didn’t feel like it needed to be shared,” Frankel said on herJust B with Bethenny Frankelpodcast in July.

She continued, “The break-up was something I initiated. I wasn’t happy. Something needed to change. It was certainly mutual. The relationship had its challenges, and nobody dumped anybody.”

They were first linked in September 2024

Bethenny Frankel attends Glamour Women of the Year 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 07, 2023 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Frankel and Villante were first spotted together in September 2024 whenPage Sixacquired photos of the two walking hand-in-hand on a date night in Santa Monica.

The couple smiled at the camera in matching outfits as Frankel wore a floor-length white dress while Villante donned a white collared shirt paired with grey dress pants.

He accompanied Frankel to theYellowstonepremiere

Bethenny Frankel attends the 19th Annual L’Oreal Paris Women Of Worth Celebration; Tom Villante attends Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” season 5B NYC premiere.Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic; Noam Galai/Getty

Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic; Noam Galai/Getty

Though he didn’t walk the carpet with her, Villante joined Frankel at the season 5B premiere ofYellowstoneon Nov. 7. They were photographed at the afterparty together alongside former NFL playerJay Cutlerand his fiancéeSamantha Robertson.

Frankel made their relationship Instagram official in November 2024

Frankel revealed her relationship for the first time on Nov. 23 when she posted aTikTokandInstagram Reelof Villante setting up a fire for her.

“POV: He buys you a luxury heated throw & builds a fire while you sip an overpriced latte…,” she wrote over a clip of the financier moving around the fireplace as she got cozy under a fluffy blanket and smiled at the camera.

She paired the video with the viral TikTok sound “Thank you to my man” from rapper Latto.

“Because #imworthit #andmyman #thankyoutomyman #weekend,” Frankel wrote in the caption.

source: people.com