Maddox Jolie-Pitt is the eldest son of two famous Hollywood millionaires, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. While the media paid a lot of attention, he kept his life increasingly private.

Maddox Jolie-Pitt was born on August 5, 2001. He is the eldest son of two famous Hollywood millionaires, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

While the lawsuit between two powerful stars is still heating up day by day, the story of adopting their first son is mentioned again.

Sarath Mounh – Angelina Jolie’s friend and former business associate, once revealed to the media why the actress adopted Maddox. He revealed that the Hollywood actress had to put in a lot of effort to become the adoptive mother of this Cambodian boy.

Sharing with Daily Mail, Mr. Sarath Mounh said, Angelina Jolie came up with the idea of adopting a child in Cambodia when she filmed Tomb Raider here in 2000 and fell in love with this land.

Maddox is the first child adopted by Angelina Jolie (Photo: Getty Images)

At that time, the actress devoted a lot of effort to finding “her child”. She longs to become a mother, and also hopes the baby will be someone who really needs her.

In 2002, Angelina visited an orphanage in Battambamg village. Among hundreds of different children, an invisible bond made Maddox “conquer the heart” of Angelina Jolie. She decided that her future would be with this special boy, only 7 months old.

Mr. Sarath’s impression of Maddox at that time was “a bright, lovely child who smiles more often than any other child around him.” The boy’s smile is still remembered by him until now.

“According to what I learned from Angelina, when she visited the orphanage, most of the babies were crying. But only Maddox looked at her and smiled. This touched the heart her. That’s why she chose Maddox,” this person added.

By 2002, Maddox’s adoption procedure was completed. In an interview with ET, Angelina Jolie confided about her feelings: “It’s my first child. He makes me a real woman.”

In 2005, after rumors of Brad Pitt dating Angelina Jolie appeared, they were photographed going to the beach in Kenya with Maddox. The image of the Hollywood actor being close to the actress’s adopted child has become the focus of attention.

Not long after that, the relationship between the two stars grew closer. By early 2006, Angelina confirmed to People that she was pregnant with her first child (Shiloh) with Brad.

That was the moment when the relationship of the Hollywood millionaire couple was officially confirmed. That same year, Brad became the adoptive father of Maddox and Angelina’s second adopted child, Zahara. Both children’s last names were changed from “Jolie” to “Jolie-Pitt”.

During the couple’s passionate period, the eldest son was often taken to events by his parents. Later, with the addition of children, Maddox has always been an indispensable piece of the puzzle when accompanying his family to many places around the world.

From a young age, Maddox was very interested in studying. His adoptive parents hired a private tutor at home.

In 2019, the Jolie-Pitt family’s eldest son began studying Biochemistry at Underwood International College, part of Yonsei School in Korea. Angelina registered him in the school dormitory in Incheon city (near Seoul) for one year. At the age of 18, Maddox began to live independently.

Yonsei University is a prestigious private school in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1885, this is one of the country’s oldest universities. The school is considered one of the three best universities in the country along with Seoul National University and Korea University.

Image of Yonsei University (Korea)

Maddox’s decision to come to Korea to study came after he and his mother came here to participate in volunteer activities of the United Nations High Commissioner at the end of 2018. Mother and daughter spent a lot of time visiting schools in Seoul before choosing. Yonsei.

As a leading prestigious school, Yonsei possesses very advanced equipment, technology and training processes. In the past few years, this university has not updated tuition fees for 2020 and 2021. But the school’s website has information on tuition fees for 2019. Accordingly, the school’s majors have total tuition fees each year ranging from 3,537,000 KRW – 7,662,000KRW.

Self-study space on university campus (Photo: @yonsei_global)

Maddox’s Biochemistry major has a total tuition fee of 5,057,000 KRW for the first year, and a total tuition fee of 4,388,000 KRW for the following years. For all 4 years, Angelina Jolie will pay her child a total of more than 14,000 USD.

Since Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt broke up in 2016, Maddox has limited her appearances at events. For a while, the media said that the discord between him and Brad Pitt could be the reason why Angelina Jolie ended her marriage.

However, not long after, Maddox asserted that “We all love our dad and he will always be our dad.”

Specifically, he shared on his personal page: “I know my parents are famous people and are very interested in the public. I also know they are divorcing and there are a lot of rumors out there surrounding the cause.” of the incident. But please respect our privacy. My parents are still on very good terms and we both love our dad. He will always be our dad and nothing can change that “.

Even though this sharing stopped the rumors, in 2019, people once again fell into confusion when Maddox did not want to mention Brad Pitt.

That time, a reporter from In Touch newspaper in Korea asked if the relationship between father and son had ended. Maddox said bluntly: “What happens, happens.” During the interview, he did not mention his father’s name and briefly answered questions about Brad.

Then, in March 2021, Maddox provided testimony against his millionaire father in the parents’ custody dispute trial.

US Weekly’s source said: “Maddox filed a statement against Brad Pitt as an adult, about the actor’s history of domestic violence. He did not use the last name Pitt in the application, but only used the last name Jolie . Maddox wanted to change his last name, but Angelina Jolie did not support it.”

Therefore, the relationship between Maddox and Brad Pitt is still a big question mark for the media. Meanwhile, the eldest son is clearly close to his mother.