The Wives And Exes Of The Richest Men In The World
People love to follow the lives of individuals who are rich and powerful. This has been a way of life since ancient times. The most powerful and wealthy people from centuries ago are still remembered. Some people see these individuals as inspiration to succeed in life, and others just want the scoop on how these rich individuals live.
With money comes women, and these rich, successful men have picked the hottest women they could find when it came time to find a partner. Let’s see the partners and exes of these wealthy men. Keep reading to see more!
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen
Now considered by many to be the greatest of all time or the GOAT, Tom Brady has achieved legendary status. His last Super Bowl victory in 2021 was one for the ages as he led a huge comeback against the Kansas City Chiefs. It was in question where he stood on the list of all-time greats.
He was married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen from 2009 to 2022. According to Parade, he has a net worth of $300 million and hers is at $400 million. Also, Brady retired from the NFL in 2023.
John Paul Dejoria and Eloise Broady
John Paul Dejoria is a Greek-Italian-American billionaire who consequently started off life as a poor immigrant and in Los Angeles, California. According to Entrepreneur.com, he was once part of a street gang, but he turned his life around when a math teacher told him that he "would never succeed at anything in life." Dejoria is a businessman and philanthropist, and the co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products.
The Patron Spirits company is also in his ownership. The billionaire is married to Eloise Broady, who is a former playmate who appeared in Playboy in April 1988. They have four children together.
Mariah Carey and James Packer
You knew it was coming eventually, even though the two have decided to go their separate ways. Successful and famous diva Mariah Carey caught the eye of billionaire James Packer, but it didn't last long.
People reported that "James has not been in a mentally healthy place and has not been present for Mariah or her family." Packer's source responded, "James is definitely an oddball, but a brilliant great guy. Mariah has had mental breakdowns in the past. She hasn't been acting very mentally stable lately. To put her issues on James is ridiculous." Forbes has Packer's net worth at $4.95 billion.
Jack Dorsey and Kate Greer
Jack Dorsey is an internet entrepreneur and co-founder of the widely successful social media platform, Twitter. Dorsey started out programming at the age of 14 and became an innovator before the age of 35 with his invention of Twitter. He is also a board member of The Walt Disney Company and Square, Inc. According to Blinkist, Dorsey holds a net worth of $5.1 billion.
One of the billionaire's former lovers was a lady by the name of Kate Greer. Kate Greer is a designer who dated Dorsey for four years before they called it quits.
Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze
James "Jim" Clark is a computer scientist and entrepreneur. If you were around during the dot com boom, you may remember something called Netscape. Jim Clark is the man behind the creation of Netscape. The company was at one time a popular search engine, but now functions as a web browser.
Those wonderful geeks have a way with women it seems, and Jim Clark found himself a fourth wife in Kristy Hinze. According to the New York Post, Kristy Hinze is a model and an actress who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret. Jim is 35 years Kristy’s senior, but love has no boundaries.
Andrey Melnichenko and Aleksandra Nikolic Melnichenko
Andrey Melnichenko is a Russian industrialist of Belarusian descent. According to Bloomberg, he is one of the richest people in Russia with a net worth of $24.9 billion. Andrey Melnichenko is the founder of EuroChem Group and SUEK.
Melnichenko is married to Aleksandra Nikolic Melnichenko. Aleksandra Melnichenko is a pop singer in Russia as well as a model. She has been modeling since the age of 15 and has been singing with a pop group since the age of 17. She married Andrey Melnichenko in 2005 with stars such as Whitney Houston and Jennifer Lopez in attendance.
Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng
Rupert Murdoch is a well-known media mogul who is synonymous with wealth, with a whopping $18 billion to his name. Bloomberg said he is one of the richest men in the world and perhaps one of the wealthiest men in history.
Murdoch met his ex-wife Wendi Deng in 1999 while she was working for one of his companies. Although Murdoch is 38 years older than Deng, they had two daughters together. According to CNBC, their divorce was one of the most costly in history. She received a $1.7 billion settlement.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez
Jeff Bezos is the man behind the largest online marketplace in the world. You may have heard of this marketplace... it's called Amazon.com. Bezos is responsible for making Amazon a household name and the company has made him one of the wealthiest men in the world.
After a high-profile divorce from his former wife MacKenzie Scott in 2019, Bezos got engaged to TV anchor named Lauren Sanchez, who is a licensed helicopter pilot and aerial filmmaker. According to Forbes, Bezos' net worth is $167.6 billion.
Tom Freston and Kathy Freston
Tom Freston is an entertainment executive. He has had a hand in the creation of a few cable channels, namely Music Television, better known as MTV. He has also spawned such channels as Nickelodeon, VH1, Country Music Channel, and TV Land among several others. Freston is also the head of Viacom television.
Celebrity Net Worth reports he has $300 million to his name.Freston was married to Kathy Freston, a former model and self-help author by trade. The two split in 2012. Kathy is a NYT Bestselling Author.
George Soros and Tamiko Bolton
The billionaire investor George Soros found a much younger woman to be his third wife. Forty one years his junior, Tamiko Bolton met the wealthy trader in 2008 and the two were married in 2013.
Hungarian-born Soros, who survived Nazi Germany-occupied Hungary, is estimated to be worth around $6.7 billion, according to Investopedia. He has five children from his previous marriages. Apart from his wealth and business smarts, he is also known as a supporter of progressive political causes.
Phil Ruffin and Oleksandra Nikolayenko
Phil Ruffin is a businessman and billionaire who has made his fortune in horse racing and investing in casinos. He has also dabbled convenience stores and real estate. His diverse business ventures have made him a billionaire, with a net worth of $2.7 billion, says Forbes.
Speaking of horse racing and casinos, Ruffin hit the jackpot when he found his second wife Oleksandra Nikolayenko. She's a Hungarian actress and model who hails from Ukraine. Nikolayenko won numerous pageant awards in Ukraine and has even set a record for having the most wins in pageants in the country. She married Ruffin in 2008 and they have a two children.
Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova
Roman Abramovich is a businessman and entrepreneur who has made his fortune in the oil and gas business. He's the chairman of Millhouse LLC, which is an investment company that deals with aluminum, pulp, and insurance. According to Forbes, Abramovich is one of the richest people in Russia, with a net worth of $9 billion.
Roman Abramovich was married to Dasha Zhukova, and managed to somehow keep the marriage a secret for six years. Zhukova was born in wealth to a well-to-do family. Dasha's dad Alexander Radkin Zhukov is an oil magnate as well. Dasha and Roman were divorced in 2017.
Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek
Francois-Henri Pinault is a French businessman who was born into wealth. He is the CEO of a company called Kering which deals with the sale of luxury goods. Francois-Henri Pinault is also the CEO of Groupe Artémis, which owns Christies, the largest art business in the world. According to Forbes, he has a net worth of seven billion dollars.
Francois-Henri Pinault is married to actress Salma Hayek. Salma Hayek is known for her roles in such films as Wild, Wild West, Desperado, and Dogma among others. Salma Hayek married Francois-Henri Pinault in April 2009 and they have a daughter named Valentina Paloma Pinault.
Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani
Mukesh Ambani is a business magnate who is involved in the petrochemicals industry. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, which is India's most valuable company by market value. Mukesh Ambani holds the title of being the richest person in Asia and 15th richest in the world, according to Forbes magazine.
Mukesh Ambani is married to Nita Ambani. Nita Ambani has a stake in Reliance Industries and she also owns a cricket team called the Mumbai Indians. Nita helps raise money to improve education and also assist people who are blind. She has three children with Mukesh Ambani.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
The CEO and co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has a net worth of $124.6 billion, according to Bloomberg. He has been one of the wealthiest people in the world for many years and has made a huge impact in the world of social media.
He married his wife Priscilla Chan in 2012. Priscilla also attended Harvard, and works as a pediatrician. The couple has three children. They are also active philanthropists and head several charitable foundations.
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and Ameera
According to Bloomberg, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal has a massive fortune of $14.7 billion. He's the grandson of the first Saudi king, Ibn Saud, and works as a businessman and investor in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He met his third wife, Ameera al-Taweel, when she was 18 and he was 56.
Ameera is an outspoken activist for women in Saudi Arabia, and is an advocate for women's right to drive in the country. She made many media international appearances, which irritated Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal's brother, Prince Khalid. Khalid warned his brother to control his wife's media appearances. The couple divorced in November of 2013.
Dave Morin and Brit Morin
One of the early employees of Facebook, Dave Morin, made out with a small fortune and used it to fund his next project, social network Path. According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has a net worth of $100 million and shocked the tech world when he turned down a $100 million buyout in early 2011. He's also a top downhill ski racer.
He married Brit, who worked at Google in 2011 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She launched her business Brit + Co which serves as an online DIY media and e-commerce company. The techy couple is one of the "it" couples of Silicon valley.
Brian Chesky and Elissa Patel
According to Livemint, Airbnb founder Brian Chesky has a net worth of $9.3 billion. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Chesky was unemployed in 2007 when he first came up with the idea of the "Air Bed and Breakfast." He met his girlfriend, Elissa Patel, on Tinder, of all places.
She's also a techie, and has worked at Frontback, a photo app, before starting her own venture. According to Business Insider, the two have broken up.
Fahd and Maya Hariri
Forbes reported that Fahd Hariri boasts a net worth of $1.2 billion, making him one of the richest men in Lebanon. He was the son of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a business tycoon. Fahd Hariri studied architecture in Paris, France and credits his love for real estate development to his father's influence.
Although not much is known about his wife, Maya, the couple are spotted together at Fashion Week events in Paris, and hold the title as one of the youngest billionaire couples in the world.
Sean Parker and Alexandra Lenas
Sean Parker's name has been swirling around the tech industry since he co-founded Napster in 1999. Parker was also the first president of Facebook and has co-founded several other ventures since. Although he never went to college, Parker boasts a net worth of $2.8 billion, according to Forbes.
He married his wife Alexandra Lenas in 2013 between the trees in Big Sur, California. Their wedding spanned three days and cost $4.5 million. The couple bought their $55 million mansion from Ellen DeGeneres and live a lavish lifestyle with their two children.
James Stunt & Petra Stunt
According to Celebrity Net Worth, James Stunt is a British businessman who's worth a reported $10 million. Stunt is reportedly known for being an art dealer who loves throwing incredibly lavish and expensive parties.
His ex-wife Petra Stunt is perhaps better known due to the fact that she's the daughter of Bernie Ecclestone, a British billionaire who was the CEO of the Formula One Group. James and Petra married in 2011 in a ceremony that reportedly cost $12 million. They divorced in 2017.
Adam Neumann and Rebekah Paltrow Neumann
Billionaire Adam Neumann co-founded WeWork in 2010. The company specializes in subleasing office units, essentially re-imagining the workplace model to make it affordable for startups and other young companies. Born in Tel Aviv, Neumann served in the Israeli military before moving to New York to "get rich." According to Fortune, his net worth is $2.2 billion.
Adam and his wife Rebekah say it was love at first sight when the couple met, and it was before Neumann had made it big. She kept him grounded, introducing him to kabbalah and talking about achieving happiness and wellness, because that's when wealth follows. Her mantras became the mission statement for the company.
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes
The Australian billionaire co-founded business software company Atlassian with his college buddy and took their venture public in December 2015. Mike Cannon-Brookes' clients include major players like Tesla, NASA, Citigroup, and eBay, and has contributed to his $14.2 billion net worth, according to Bloomberg. Based in Australia, his company Atlassian has been voted "best place to work" for many years in a row, and thrives in a hip environment.
Mike's wife Annie owns a fashion business independently of her husband's fortune and business. The couple has four children and bought Australia's most expensive house for $100 million.
Steve Wynn and Elaine Wynn
When you're a billionaire going through a divorce, it's certainly hard to keep it out of the media. Just ask Steve Wynn, whose second divorce from ex-wife Elaine Wynn made some noise when it was discovered he would be paying up $741 million in Wynn Resorts stock for the breakup. The couple had built an empire together, two actually, in Las Vegas casinos.
They got together in 1963, divorced in 1986, and remarried in 1991. They called it quits again in 2010. After the divorce, Steve Wynn quickly married socialite Andrea Hissom in 2011 in a huge, extravagant wedding that garnered plenty of media attention. His net worth is $3.4 billion, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Tom and Holly Gores
According to Forbes, billionaire Tom Gores earned his $9.1 billion with his company Platinum Equity, a private firm based in Beverly Hills. He was born in Israel, and grew up with humble beginnings in Michigan, even working as a janitor while he attended college. He's now a billionaire and owns the Detroit Pistons. Gores also helped his home state in the Flint lead crisis in 2016, pledging to help raise $10 million.
He met his wife Holly before he made it big. The two are happily married with three children, and do philanthropy work together.
Michael Schumacher and Corinna Betsch
Before he retired, German race car driver Michael Schumacher earned $600 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He won seven Formula One World Championships and is noted as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. Schumacher was lucky to survive a skiing accident that happened in December of 2013.
His wife Corinna and two teenage kids stand by him in recovery. His son Mick followed in his father's footsteps as a Formula One driver, while his daughter is a competitive equestrian rider.
Dirk Ziff and Natasha Bacigalupo
According to Forbes, Dirk Ziff has a fortune of $6.2 billion, as the eldest son of media magnate William Ziff Jr., who inherited the family fortune in 1994. Ziff attended Columbia University and Harvard before forming an investment company with his brothers Daniel and Robert. Coincidentally, Dirk met his wife Natasha simply because he was a billionaire.
Natasha, a reporter at Forbes, was sent to interview Dirk for an article about billionaires in the '90s. It was love at first sight as the couple soon married and had two children. They split their time between their Palm Beach, Florida home and their vacation home in Martha's Vineyard.
Stephen and Ayesha Curry
Stephen Curry, a two-time NBA MVP, and four-time NBA champion is regarded as one of the greatest NBA players in history. Curry's net worth is $160 million, according to ClutchPoints. His wife Ayesha couldn't be happier.
The two met when they were teenagers. Their first date was "cheesy," but Ayesha had stereotyped him as just another one of those arrogant athletes. After the first time they hung out, that all changed. "He was so funny and silly," she says, “the absolute opposite of what I thought he was going to be.”
Jay-Z and Beyoncé
According to Investopedia, rapper Jay-Z's net worth is estimated to be $2.5 billion. Not only is he a rapper, but he also works as a producer and entrepreneur.
Jay-Z has also won the battle for having one of the most successful artists of all-time as his wife. Beyoncé sings, dances, acts, and is a mother. The two are now the first billionaire rap couple with her net worth being $800 million.
Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss
Phil Jackson is a name you bring up in the argument for the best person to have ever coached in the NBA. He led Michael Jordan to six rings and led Kobe Bryant to five. For the longest time, he was with Lakers executive Jeanie Buss.
Phil Jackson accepted a position as President of the New York Knicks, so he had to relocate to New York. That just made the relationship ten times harder and eventually in late 2016, the two decided to split. "With mutual love and respect, we have decided to end our engagement," Jackson wrote on Twitter. "With the nature of out professional obligations and geographic distance between us, sustaining the relationships has been difficult." According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jackson's net worth is at $70 million.
Larry Ellison and Melanie Craft
Larry Ellison is the founder of the software giant Oracle. According to Forbes, he is one of the wealthiest people in the world with a net worth of $131.9 billion.
Larry Ellison works as the CTO and executive chairman of Oracle. His only marriage was to Melanie Craft. Craft is a romance novelist, but the marriage didn't work. The couple split in 2010. Ellison was listed by Bloomberg Billionaires Index as the fifth-wealthiest person in the world.
Steve Ballmer and Connie Snyder
Steve Ballmer gained a huge amount of publicity after he decided to buy the Los Angeles Clippers. Prior to owning an NBA franchise, he was the CEO of Microsoft starting in 2000 after Bill Gates decided to step down. According to Forbes, his net worth is $110.2 billion.
Connie Snyder is an advocate for the well-being of children. She started her career in public relations after receiving her degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. The two got married in 1990 after they met working at Microsoft.
Phil Knight and Penny Knight
Phil Knight is the founder of Nike. He helped Nike build its success by gaining athlete and celebrity endorsement deals. According to Forbes, his estimated net worth is $40.9 billion.
Phil and Penny Knight donated $500 million to the University of Oregon. "In an age of declining public support for scientific research generally and declining public higher education support specifically, Penny and I are delighted to contribute to these critically important areas," said Phil Knight.
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder of one of the most popular American websites, Reddit. Reddit is a social news aggregation, content rating, and discussing website.
Ohanian is married to Serena Williams, a former professional tennis player. She is regarded as being one of the best of all-time. These two have a huge combined net worth and but the majority of that comes from Williams. According to Cosmopolitan, Ohanian has a net worth of $150 million.
LeBron and Savannah James
LeBron James has a net worth in the range of one billion dollars, according to Forbes. He should only see that grow with his highly marketable personal brand and that lifetime $1 billion dollar deal he signed with Nike. He was the first player in NBA history to accumulate that amount of money as an active player.
He has been with his wife Savannah since high school and the two have two sons and a daughter. Their son Bronny was named a McDonald's All-American high school basketball player in 2023.
Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto
Superstar Michael Jordan has many claims to fame. Not only is he one of the best NBA players in history, but he also has one of the most popular shoe brands in the world and owns the Charlotte Hornets. According to Investopedia, his net worth is three billion dollars.
Yvette Prieto and Jordan met at a club in 2007, and were married in April 2013 in Palm Beach, Florida. They made it official in front of 500 people and have twin daughters together, in addition to Jordan's three other children.
Guy Laliberté and Claudia Barilla
According to Forbes, Guy Laliberté has a net worth of $1.2 billion. He is an investor by trade and is also a professional poker player.
Not only is he a businessman and poker player, but he's also the founder of Cirque du Soleil, a successful circus company. He was in a relationship with a model named Claudia Barilla, but the two are no longer together. Laliberté has five children.
Larry Page and Lucy Southworth
Larry Page is one of the co-founders of Google. He and Sergey Brin created Google in 1998. According to Forbes, Page's net worth is $116.7 billion.
Larry Page found his soul mate in Lucy Southworth. He was most attracted to her intelligence. Southworth is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and she holds an M.S. in Science from Oxford. Lucy and Larry have two children together.
