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Jennifer Garner Dating Tech Businessman Post-Divorce

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Jennifer Garner’s divorce from Ben Affleck is finalized, and she’s already moved on — with a tech executive nobody in Hollywood had heard of.

Us Weekly broke the story on Wednesday, October 24, 2018: Garner, 46, has quietly been seeing 40-year-old CaliGroup CEO John Miller for roughly six months. E! News quickly confirmed the relationship, and sources close to the actress described it as casual, low-key, and refreshingly removed from the industry she’s spent two decades working in. The timing is notable — this marks Garner’s first known relationship since her split from Affleck became official.

• Garner, 46, has reportedly been dating CaliGroup CEO John Miller, 40, for about six months, according to Us Weekly’s October 24 report.
• Miller holds a Stanford Law degree, co-authored a book on nanotechnology policy, and runs CaliGroup, the holding company behind CaliBurger and its robot fry cook, Flippy.
• Sources say the two met through mutual acquaintances and bonded over shared experience navigating co-parenting and divorce — Miller was previously married to concert violinist Caroline Campbell, with whom he has two children.

John Miller Personal Profile

Miller isn’t an actor, a musician, or anyone with a red-carpet resume — which insiders say is exactly the point. He’s chairman and CEO of CaliGroup, a tech-focused holding company he founded in 2011. Under that umbrella sits CaliBurger, the fast-casual chain that made headlines for putting a robotic arm named Flippy behind the grill, along with CaliGroup’s investments in facial-recognition payment software.

His background is more Silicon Valley than Sunset Boulevard: a law degree from Stanford, plus a co-author credit on The Handbook of Nanotechnology: Business, Policy, and Intellectual Property Law. He was previously married to Caroline Campbell, a concert violinist, and the two share two children, including a daughter named Violet.

Origin of the Reported Relationship

According to the sourcing behind the Us Weekly and E! News reports, Garner and Miller were introduced through mutual acquaintances and found common ground almost immediately — both were navigating divorce and co-parenting at the same time. Dates have reportedly stayed private, largely confined to Garner’s residence or otherwise discreet settings, a deliberate choice given how closely her every move has been tracked since the Affleck split became public.

Insiders described the relationship as casual, with Garner said to be enjoying dating someone entirely outside the entertainment industry.

That detail matters. Garner spent a decade married to one of Hollywood’s biggest names, and her divorce played out under a level of media scrutiny most actors avoid — the kind of coverage readers have seen applied to other high-profile relationship histories in the industry. A CEO running burger robotics and payment tech is about as far from that spotlight as it gets.

The Backdrop: A Finalized Divorce

Garner and Affleck filed for divorce in 2017 after a decade of marriage, and the split was formally finalized in October 2018 — the same month the Miller relationship became public. The two share three children and have maintained joint custody arrangements throughout the process. Garner has largely avoided commenting publicly on her romantic life since, which is part of what made the Us Weekly report notable: it’s the first confirmed relationship reporters have tied to her name post-divorce.

The pattern of high-profile exes moving into new, quieter chapters isn’t unique to Garner — readers who followed Sandra Bullock’s relationship with Bryan Randall saw a similar dynamic: a well-known actress choosing a partner well outside the entertainment business.

Neither Garner nor Miller has commented publicly on the relationship, and both camps appear content to keep it that way for now. With the divorce paperwork finally settled and no red-carpet debut on the calendar, the only confirmed detail worth watching is the one sources gave Us Weekly from the start — six months in, still low-key, still off the industry’s radar.