The law prevented Pele’s widow from being the automatic heir to the fortune

The law prevented Pele’s widow from being the automatic heir to the fortune


Márcia Aoki and the football king were forced to marry in a regime of total separation of property

International celebrity asset valuation platforms, such as Net Worth, estimate that Pele has US$100 million (about R$520 million) left in assets.

His widow, Márcia Aoki, to whom the former player was married from 2016 until his death in December 2022, aged 82, is not the rightful heir.

According to article 1641 of the Brazilian civil code, a person over the age of 70 cannot choose the patrimonial regime when getting married. Mandatory will be the total separation.

The incomparable ace was 75 years old when he joined the businesswoman. As a rule, the goods of the spouses are mixed. What Pelé had before officially joining Márcia Aoki is left only of him and vice versa.

This situation was confirmed in an article by journalist Lucio Sturm on ‘Domingo Especulacular’, on Record. “This person (the widow of the eternal Camisa 10) is not a necessary heir. She only inherits if she has received a will destination,” explained lawyer Juliana Maggi Lima, who specializes in family actions and successions.

The certainty is that Pelé’s direct heirs are 8: the 6 living children (Kelly, Edinho, Jennifer, Flávia, Joshua and Celeste) and the grandchildren Otávio and Gabriel, children of Sandra Regina, the eldest daughter who managed to be recognized in court , but did not have the affection his father desired. He died of cancer, aged 42, in 2006.

Theoretically, Pelé’s fortune would be divided into 7 equal parts (Otávio and Gabriel count as 1 part, as they represent his deceased mother).

But it is likely that the former player left a will for the benefit of other people. It is assumed that, aware of his imminent death, she ensured a comfortable life for his aforementioned third wife, Márcia Aoki, and her sister, Maria Lúcia, who takes care of their 100-year-old mother, Celeste.

By practice, after Pelé’s death, the family must take care of the inventory, that is, the census of all the assets. From there the sharing takes place.

The idol’s assets include two mansions in Guarujá on the coast of São Paulo. In one of them, with four floors and overlooking the sea, the former player spent the last years of his life next to Márcia Aoki.




The law prevented Pele’s widow from being the automatic heir to the fortune

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