Trinny Woodall details huge financial risk she took after her husband died [Video]

Trinny Woodall has opened up about the big life changes she made after her husband died.

The fashion entrepreneur and former What Not to Wear was married to businessman Johnny Elichaoff from 1999 until 2009, who died by suicide in 2014, aged 55. Woodall and Elichaoff welcomed their only child, Lyla, in 2003, who was 11 years old when he died.

Woodall, who is the founder of the £180m beauty empire Trinny London, revealed the tragic passing of her former partner inspired her to take a huge financial risk to expand her company, despite wanting to be grounded for the sake of her daughter.

Speaking to Jamie Laing on the Great Companypodcast, Woodall, who sold her expensive home to invest the money into her beauty start-up after Elichaoff’s passing …