Meet the Partners of the Worldâs Richest Billionaires
Meet the Partners of the Worldâs Richest Billionaires
Makena GeraTue, July 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM UTC
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren SĂĄnchez Bezos at the 2026 Met Gala; Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg at the WSJ. Magazine 2025 Innovator Awards.Credit: Kevin Mazur/MG26/Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Many of the worldâs richest billionaires are married to similarly powerful people.
From Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google co-founder Larry Page, the figures at the top of the Forbes Worldâs Billionaireâs List have partners who hold their own.
Zuckerbergâs wife, Priscilla Chan, is a Harvard-educated pediatrician who co-founded two companies alongside her husband, Bezosâ wife, Lauren SĂĄnchez Bezos, is an Emmy-winning journalist and helicopter pilot and Pageâs wife, Lucy Southworth, is a Stanford-trained biologist who founded a company focused on ocean ecosystems.
Hereâs everything to know about the partners of the worldâs richest billionaires.
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Larry Page and Lucy Southworth
Larry Page and wife Lucy Southworth at the Breakthrough Prize Inaugural Ceremony on December 12, 2013 in Mountain View, California.Credit: C Flanigan/FilmMagic
Larry Page, Google co-founder and second-richest person in the world, was first publicly connected to his now-wife, biologist Lucinda (Lucy) Southworth, in 2006.
When they met, Page had just completed Googleâs IPO and was serving as president of products at the company and Southworth was a Ph.D. candidate studying biomedical informatics at Stanford University.
The couple married on fellow billionaire Richard Bransonâs private Necker Island in December 2007 with 600 guests in attendance, according to The Guardian. Page and Southworth welcomed two sons together, in 2009 and 2011.
Southworth founded OceanKind, a company that supports ocean ecosystems, in 2018.
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Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto
Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto at the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on April 18, 2026 in Santa Monica, California.Credit: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Google co-founder, and fourth-richest person in the world, Sergey Brin has been dating influencer and health coach Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto since 2023, per The New York Times.
Brin and Gilbert-Soto started dating after meeting at a mutual friendâs party at Burning Man, Gilbert-Soto told The Free Press Substack in May 2026. Gilbert-Soto, who has been coined Brinâs âreally wonderful MAGA girlfriendâ by President Donald Trump, has been said to have influenced Brinâs political stance, according to the The New York Times.
However Gilbert-Soto has said otherwise. âIf he were some raging lib, he wouldnât be with me, and I wouldnât be with him,â she told The Free Press. âI wouldnât date someone who hasnât already moved over ⊠He has a mind of his own. If I could control him, Iâd be married with a baby right now.â
Brin was previously married to California-based attorney Nicole Shanahan. The two married in 2018, welcomed one daughter together and split in 2022, after Brin filed for divorce amid allegations of Shanahanâs affair with Elon Musk. She denied these claims.
Previously, Brin was also married to 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki from 2007 to 2015. They share two children.
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren SĂĄnchez Bezos
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez attend the Vanity Fair Oscars Party on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.Credit: MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the third-richest person in the world, has been in a relationship with former news anchor Lauren SĂĄnchez Bezos since 2019.
The two first went public with their relationship in 2019 amid Bezosâ divorce from his ex-wife MacKenzie, with whom he shares three sons and one daughter, and Laurenâs divorce from her ex-husband Patrick Whitesell, with whom she shares two children, Evan and Ella; Lauren also has a son, Nikko Gonzalez, from a previous relationship with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez.
Bezos and Lauren got engaged in May 2023 while on vacation in the South of France, and married on June 27, 2025, in Venice, Italy. The lavish celebration made headlines for its star-studded guest list and extravagance, but also faced backlash for its opulence on a backdrop of political and economic difficulties.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on November 03, 2019 in Mountain View, California.Credit: Taylor Hill/Getty
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, while at Harvard.
The two met as undergraduates in 2002, while waiting in line for the bathroom during a party at Zuckerbergâs fraternity, they told The New Yorker in 2010. The two began dating in 2003 and married in a surprise backyard ceremony at their home in Palo Alto, Calif. in May 2012 â the day after Facebook went public.
Zuckerberg and Chan have welcomed three daughters together â Maxima in 2015, August in 2017 and Aurelia in 2023.
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Larry Ellison and Jolin Zhu
Larry Ellison at White House on Jan. 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.Credit: Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty
Larry Ellison, founder and chief technology office of Oracle and eighth-richest person in the world, is married to his sixth-wife, Jolin Zhu.
The couple were first spotted together attending tennis matches in 2018, and news of their marriage broke in November 2024 when Zhuâs alma mater, the University of Michigan, shared a story about the coupleâs role in a $10.5 deal to bring a star quarterback at the university, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ellison was previously married five times, first to Adda Quinn from 1967 to 1974, then to his second-wife Nancy Wheeler Jenkins, from whom he split in 1978. He was married to Barbara Boothe from 1983 to 1986 and they welcomed two children together, son David, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, and daughter Megan, an Oscar-nominated film producer.
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Ellison was then married to novelist Melanie Craft from 2003 to 2010, and was married to Nikita Kahn before his relationship with Zhu, per Front Office Sports. According to Vulture, Ellison and Zhu are raising four young children.
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Bernard Arnault and HĂ©lĂšne Mercier
Bernard Arnault and his wife Helene Mercier-Arnault on June 29, 2026 in Paris, France.
Bernard Arnault, French billionaire and founder of LVMH, first met his wife, pianist HĂ©lĂšne Mercier, nearly four decades ago.
The two met at a dinner party in 1989, according to the Financial Times. Arnaut and Mercier married in 1991, and later welcomed three sons together â Alexandre in 1992, FrĂ©dĂ©ric in 1995 and Jean in 1998.
Previously, Arnault was married to Anne Dewavrin from 1973 to 1990, and they welcomed two children together, daughter Delphine and son Antoine.
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Jensen Huang and Lori Huang
Jensen Huang and his wife Lori Huang attend the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on April 18, 2026 in Santa Monica, California.Credit: LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, met his wife Lori Huang (née Mills) in an electrical engineering class when he was just 17 years old.
Mills, who was one of three girls in the class, was paired as his lab partner, according to an interview at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
The couple married in 1985 and share two children, Madison and Spencer, who both work at Nvidia.
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Warren Buffett and Astrid Buffet
Warren Buffet and Astrid M. Buffett arrive for a State Dinner at the White House on March 14, 2012.Credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty
Warren was introduced to his wife, Astrid Buffett, by his first wife, Susan Thompson, while they were still married.
The billionaire âOracle of Omahaâ married Susan in 1952 and they welcomed three children together, daughter Susan (Susie) Alice and sons Peter and Howard.
In the â90s, Susan left their home in Omaha to focus on her own philanthropic efforts in San Francisco. While she was gone, she introduced Buffett to Astrid so she could look after him.
Susan and Buffett remained legally married until her death in 2004, and two years later he married Astrid in a civil ceremony.
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Amancio Ortega and Flora PĂ©rez
Flora Perez and Amancio Ortega on November 16, 2018 in A Coruna, Spain.Credit: Europa Press - Pool /Getty
Clothing retail tycoon Amancio Ortega has been married to his second wife, Flora PĂ©rez, since 2001.
Previously, Ortega was married to RosalĂa Mera from 1966 to 1986. The two founded Zara in 1975 and welcomed two children together, daughter Sandra and son Marcos.
Ortegaâs daughter with Flora, Marta Ortega PĂ©rez, took over as chairperson of his company, Inditex â which owns brands including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka â in 2021.
Marta also serves as first vice president of her fatherâs foundation, the Amancio Ortega Foundation, where PĂ©rez serves as president.
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Rob Walton and Melani Lowman-Walton
Rob Walton and Melani Lowman-Walton attend Childhelpâs 17th Annual Drive The Dream Gala on May 15, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona.Credit: John Medina/Getty
Rob Walton, former Walmart chairman and son of company founder Sam Walton, has been married to his wife, Melani Lowman-Walton, since 2005.
Previously, Walton welcomed three children with his first wife: Carrie Walton Penner, who serves on the board of the Walton Family Foundation and is a part-owner of the Denver Broncos alongside her father, and Samuel and Benjamin.
Walton was also married to his second wife, Carolyn Funk, until 2000.
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Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis
Elon Musk; Shivon Zilis, XCredit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Shivon Zilis/X
Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis met when she was an employee at his company, OpenAI. She attended Yale University and had already worked at IBM and Bloomberg when she took the job. At one point, she was the youngest person on OpenAIâs board, per The Information.
The couple have four children: twins Strider and Azure, who they welcomed in 2021, daughter Arcadia, who was born in February 2024 and son Seldon Lycurgus, whose arrival Zilis announced a year later. Musk also has 10 other children with different partners.
Musk referred to Zilis as his partner in a July 2026 Economist interview.
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