HARRY Potter actor Emma Watson has reportedly fallen under the spell of an American tech wizard — who is ten years her senior. The 25-year-old starlet is said to have been dating William ‘Mack’ Knight for the past four months, with the couple recently returning from a week-long romantic trip to a luxurious, eco-conscious Californian retreat Post Ranch Inn. Staff at the nearby Big Sur Bakery confirmed that the loved-up couple had enjoyed a wood-fire pizza together.
Knight, who is a Princeton graduate, has been working as a senior manager at tech company Medallia for the past four years. He is also a marathon runner and hiker.
Watson loves that Knight is just a “normal, down-to-earth guy who has nothing to do with Hollywood”, a source told The Sun.Watson’s last serious relationship, with rugby player Matthew Janney, ended in 2014.
The source said it took Watson more than a year to feel ready to start dating somebody again after the “horrendous” break up. “They’re really happy with each other and see each other whenever Emma does not have work commitments.”
Watson is worth around AU$85 million after her highly-lucrative run in the Harry Potter franchise, while Knight is thought to earn about AU$200,000 a year. Knight a New York native graduated from New Jersey’s Princeton University where he studied ecology and evolutionary biology before attending Columbia Business School in Manhattan. Watson moved to America to study at Brown University, where she met her last boyfriend. After they split, Watson took a week-long vow of silence at a retreat in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.
