Who is Alexis Roderick, Billy Joel’s wife who’s half his age? The former Wall Street businesswoman shares two daughters with him, and he gifted her a multimillion-dollar ranch – but how did they meet?
- ‘Piano Man’ Billy Joel, and Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch alum Alexis Roderick, 33 years his junior, have been together since 2009, wed in 2015, and share daughters Della and Remy
- Joel was previously married to supermodel Christie Brinkley, TV food critic Katie Lee and ‘Just the Way You Are’ muse Elizabeth Weber, while Andrew Cuomo presided over his wedding to Roderick
She was a successful Wall Street executive; he is a legendary singer-songwriter and pianist – 33 years her senior. (Could we make it any more obvious?)
Nobody thought their relationship would last, but 14 years on, Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick are still going strong.
So, who is the woman who captured the heart of the “Uptown Girl” musician? Meet Roderick, the former businesswoman who refused Joel’s romantic gestures … at first.
Alexis Roderick was a Wall Street businesswoman
Billy Joel and his wife Alexis Roderick were friends first
During their meet-cute, Joel, 74, and Roderick, 41, were at separate tables with friends when he approached her table, according to US media reports. The musician apparently asked for her number and then called while they were both still at the restaurant. Joel needed a ride home and offered to sing a song on the piano for Roderick as payment. Roderick reportedly refused, but the two stayed in contact and became friends.
Their surprise wedding
