Casablancas had a long lasting connection with Brazil. First, during his years as an executive at the local branch of Coca-Cola. Years later, when he held a Look of the Year competition in Rio, and met the girl who would become his wife for 20 years and give him three children. Throughout his career, by profiting from brazilian beauties who became famous, such as ubermodel Gisele Bundchen, Victoria Secrets angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Ana Beatriz Barros and TV host Luciana Gimenez (who has a son with Mick Jagger). His late years after retiring and selling his shares of Elite Models Group were spent in São Paulo, where he opened a smaller agency, and died in 2013 at the age of 70.
Julian Casablancas, born in the US in 1978, is the son of John and Jeannette Christiansen, his first wife, but didn't have a close relationship with his father, because his parents divorced when he was very young. He is the vocalist of famous indie rock band The Strokes.