Who is Mrs. Petraeus, the betrayed wife of ex-CIA chief

The extramarital affair that ended the CIA career of David Petraeus has put the spotlight on the “other woman,” Petraeus’s biographer Paula Broadwell. But what about the main woman, the wife of the now publicly shamed general? In a profile story, the Daily Beast described Hollister “Holly” Knowlton-Petraeus as product of a heritage steeped in military service, making the pairing a natural fit. “I admired his intelligence and thought he was great,” she said about their early romance, which started in a blind date. She became a mother of two and was recognized as a financial warrior for military wives. She joins other women in high-profile and top-level cheating scandals and now have a difficult decision to make about her 38-year marriage to one of US Army’s most decorated men.


Read the profile on Holly Petreus on the Daily Beast.