In court papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s court and obtained by Page Six and New York Daily News on Thursday, Bourdain was reportedly worth $1.21 million despite reports of a $16 million fortune. According to the legal documents obtained by the news outlets, Bourdain’s assets included $425,000 in cash and savings, $35,000 in a brokerage account, $250,000 in personal property, and $500,000 in intangible property including royalties and residuals.
The will, which was written in 2016, reportedly states that the majority of Bourdain’s finances and his estate will be left to his 11years old daughter, Ariane. The executor of the estate is Bourdain’s estranged wife, Ottavia Busia, whom he married in 2007.
If Ariane had died before her father, the will reportedly states that his finances would have gone to her nanny, Myra Quizon,
