Thomas Gross Is Paris Hilton’s New BF

Thomas Gross is not exactly a celebrity figure, but he may be more popular in the foreseeable future if he continues to stay close to Paris Hilton.

Gross and the celebrity who claims to have inspired Kim Kardashian’s career were seen kissing while on a yacht off the Formentera Spanish coast on Tuesday morning.

According to a source who spoke to the Daily Mail:

“They met at the Cannes Film Festival in May and have been dating ever since. They are having a lot of fun getting to know each other… She is thrilled she has found a real man who is such a gentleman. Paris loves the way he treats her and they are having a good time.”

Apparently, Thomas Gross and Hilton later on flew to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to attend Brooke Brinson’s (her cousin) wedding and then proceeded to Ibiza where Thomas has a villa.

Paris and Gross are said to have spent their time in Spain racing jet-skis and relaxing on-board their luxurious yacht.

Recently, Paris had been linked to Joe Fournier, but it was clarified by her rep that the two were not romantically involved and that they were working associates.

Apparently he had booked her to DJ at his establishment. Paris also wrote a thank you tweet on Twitter after Fournier bought her a watch.

“Thank you @JoeFournierClub @Bonbonniere_London for the incredible present! You are such a charming British gentleman! Loves it! I’m obsessed with my new watch!”

About Thomas, he is said to be a 39-year-old self-made millionaire from Zurich, Switzerland.

Gross’ first made a statement in the business world in 2013 when he sold RunningBall, a company that offered live online game scores to The Perform Group for a reported $153m.

This is according to FT. Currently, Thomas Gross is the majority owner of the Perform Group, which has its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

On his net worth, Thomas Gross is said to be worth approximately 200 million dollars. According to his Linkedin profile, Thomas works in the aviation industry, and he was Project Manager at Atraxis in 1995 and Manager Operation Reservation System at Hewlett-Packard from August 2009 to August 2010.

Thomas Gross’ profile also indicates that he is currently the IT Project Manager at Swiss International Air Lines, but facts on the ground about this are still hazy.

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