Alex Watson is the younger brother of actress Emma Watson
Emma Watson and her brother Alex Watson are siblings, business partners and best friends.
The Harry Potter actress and her younger brother Alex, who are just two years apart, were born in Paris before the family moved back to England.
Their parents, Chris and Jacqueline, divorced in 1995.
The siblings are very close. Alex shared a sweet post to Emma on Instagram in honor of her 33rd birthday.
Where he shared the “pros” of having her as an older sister — which include making him more stylish, laughing at his jokes and being a fan of his art.
Here’s what to know about Emma Watson’s brother, including what the actress has said about him over the years.
Alex is a former model and actor. He starred in a campaign with his sister Emma for Burberry for the label’s Spring 2010 collection, as well as for Silhouette eyewear, according to The Independent. He shared with the newspaper that his modeling career was the most surprising thing that’s ever happened to him.
“I guess it would be getting scouted by storm and my whole modeling career kicking off,” he said. “I never thought I’d have the potential to do anything like that or thought about myself in that way. So it is pretty surprising.”
He later told Financial Times, “I was being pushed towards modeling or acting.”
Alex briefly studied philosophy at Bristol, according to Financial Times. In an interview with The Independent, he shared the one person he would like to meet from history was Socrates. “I’m studying philosophy at the moment, it’s really interesting, but the stuff is overwhelming so I’d probably ask him to explain it a bit more,” he said.
Emma and Alex started a sustainable gin company called Renais (which means “rebirth” in French.) The gin is described as “distilled from upcycling French wine-pressed grapes, (including from the Watson family vineyard) and uses the finest local ingredients such as pressed, organic, hand picked Grand Cru grapes, and Kimmeridgian terroir, unique to the region.” It is also a carbon-neutral product.
Alex found employment in pubs and restaurants when he was 16. “I fell in love with hospitality,” he shared with Financial Times.
He also previously worked in the alcohol industry for Diageo, working with brands like Tanqueray gin, Ketel One vodka and Johnnie Walker whisky before he started Renais with Emma. He shared he did “third-space marketing: things like supper clubs, cocktail masterclasses, building bars, curating the menus. It was my dream job. But I think that once you have an idea like Renais, you can’t un-have it.”
Recently, Emma and Alex attended the Soho House Awards together, where they accepted an award for Breakthrough Entrepreneur for Renais, which will be sold at U.K. Soho Houses.
Alex shared photos from the awards on Instagram, where he and Emma shared a cocktail together.
The two have attended events together in the past, including a match at Wimbledon (and an appearance in the Evian VIP Suite) in July 2023. Alex has also supported Emma’s Harry Potter career, attending the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 with her back in 2010, as well as the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix premiere back in 2007.
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Source: CNN
