James Packer Confirms Engagement, Kylie Lim Wears Large Ring in Aspen

James Packer has confirmed he is engaged to Kylie Lim, telling news.com.au from Los Angeles, "We are very happy to be engaged and looking forward to the future," a version of his statement carried by 7NEWS, The New Daily and New Idea. The Australian Financial Review published a similar line from Packer: "Kylie and I are very happy and excited about the future."

The engagement speculation was sparked when Kylie Lim, described variously as Canadian-born, a former Canadian model and socialite, and a New York socialite and model, was seen in Aspen, Colorado wearing what The New Daily called "a large and spectacular engagement ring on her left hand." 7NEWS reported she was pictured with a ring on her wedding finger while in the US ski resort town, and the Daily Mail said she was "wearing a stunning ring on her wedding finger while running errands in Aspen." None of the recent accounts supply caratage, jeweler attribution or a valuation for the Aspen sighting.

Packer and Lim’s history is well documented in the reporting pool: they were introduced in Aspen via mutual friends, first met in 2017 and dated from late 2017 until 2020. Multiple outlets, including Daily Mail and 7NEWS, say the pair rekindled their romance in 2025. Photographs and captions in earlier coverage place them together off St Tropez in 2018 on the maiden voyage of Packer’s superyacht IJE, and the Daily Mail notes that in 2019 Lim was seen wearing a "diamond-encrusted sparkler" on Packer’s yacht in Capri, which fuelled previous engagement rumours. The couple also travelled to Sydney in 2020 to inspect Packer’s Crown Barangaroo project, reported at the time as a A$2.4 billion development.

James Packer, 58, is described in the reporting as an Australian billionaire and the son of the late media mogul Kerry Packer. The New Daily and 7NEWS list his prior marriages and engagements: he was married to Jodhi Meares from 1999 to 2002, and to Erica Baxter from 2007 to 2013, with whom he shares three children, Indigo, Jackson and Emmanuelle. Multiple outlets call this his fifth engagement and would mark a third marriage if the couple wed; prior engagements reported include Kate Fischer, now Tziporah Malkah, and Mariah Carey. The Daily Mail reiterates earlier reporting that Packer gave Carey a 35-carat engagement ring reported at the time as worth about A$13 million.

The personal context surrounding Packer’s public life is part of the narrative in several reports. The New Daily notes Packer resigned as a director of Crown Resorts in 2018 and later revealed a bipolar disorder diagnosis in 2020. 7NEWS cited his 2024 appearance on 7NEWS Spotlight in which he described the period after his break-up with Carey as one of the darkest of his life, and The New Daily records a reported $7 million donation by Packer to mental health research.

At this stage, the confirmed elements are Packer’s short public confirmations of engagement and Lim’s Aspen sighting; no wedding date has been set, and there is no independent jeweler confirmation or carat and valuation for the Aspen ring in the available reporting. The visual record in Aspen and Packer’s statements are the clearest public evidence so far, while specifics of the proposal, ring provenance and ceremony plans remain unconfirmed.