The wealthiest men in the world know that money doesn't always equal happiness. The measure of a successful mogul is not only their next acquisition; it's also the love of a good woman that drives them to achieve their riches. These billionaires have met their matches with equally powerful women who are accomplished in their own right. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, the cornucopia of capital is even greater when a woman is in the picture. Meet some of the extremely impressive women that these affluent men have chosen to stand by. These pairs give new meaning to the term "power couple." Which of these power couples is your favorite? Let us know on Facebook, and make sure to SHARE this with your friends!

Lucinda Southworth is married to Larry Page, founder of Google and Alphabet CEO. Lucinda has a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University. A scientist and researcher, she married Page on December 8th, 2007 on the secluded Caribbean island Necker, owned by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson. Lucinda is very involved with charitable work. The couple founded the Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation, and donated $15 million to help fight the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. Lucinda actively works with her mother’s charitable organizations, the McLain Associations for Children and the Stepping Stones International Organization, which helps mentally and physically handicapped children.

Andrea Hissom is married to real estate mogul Steve Wynn, the owner of Wynn Resorts and former CEO and chairman of Mirage Resorts. The British socialite started her career as a social worker, but that quickly fell by the wayside when she tied the knot with Wynn on April 30th, 2011. Their courtship was not without scandal. She first met the billionaire, 21 years her senior, in the French Riviera in 2008, when he was still married to his first wife, Elaine. She’s stood by her man despite allegations of sexual misconduct in 2018. No stranger to the hospitality business, she is a great-niece of Ben Novack, the developer of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel.

Hélène Mercier is married to French mogul Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE. His net worth is $72 billion, according to Forbes. Hélène is an accomplished pianist who entered the Vienna Academy of Music at 15 and continued her studies at the famed Juilliard School of Music in New York. She recorded with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and plays with the New Japan Philharmonic. They met in 1990, when he seduced her with his own piano playing, and married on September 23rd, 1991.

Fabiana Flosi is the third wife of Bernie Ecclestone, the former CEO of the Formula One Group. They say the third time is the charm, despite him being twice her age and half her height. Fabiana, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, had race car driving in common with Ecclestone. She worked for International Publicity, which promoted Brazilian Grand Prix. That led to her position as vice president of marketing for the racing company. They first met through the World Motor Sport Council. It was on a cruise trip around Croatia in 2009 that they began dating, and married in April 2012. Fabiana studied law, as well, and has helped Ecclestone with his Formula One legalities.

Salma Hayek is a well-known actress married to Francois-Henri Pinault, the CEO of Kering. The couple’s 2009 nuptials were held in the famous Venice opera house Teatro La Fenice. Salma is highly active in raising awareness about violence against women and discrimination against immigrants. Her own charity, the Salma Hayek Foundation, supports organizations giving aid to and raising awareness for battered women. Since the birth of her daughter, it has branched out to work with disadvantaged children on the streets of Mexico who are coping with drugs, violence, and a lack of education.

Nita Dalal is married to Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani. She met Ambani when she was a schoolteacher and married him in 1985. Nita is very involved in the family business, as the chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation. The family is among the richest in India, with an estimated fortune of $40 billion. She was listed as “the most influential women business leader” in Asia by Forbes. Nita was the first Indian woman to become a member of the International Olympic Committee. As the co-owner of the Mumbai Indians cricket team, she led an “Education for All” initiative, helping 70,000 underprivileged children. Nita is the founder and chairperson of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai.

Dasha Zhukova married Roman Abramovich, the CEO of Millhouse Capital, in a secret 2008 ceremony. Zhukova was born in Moscow and is a philanthropist and businesswoman in her own right. She founded the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, supporting the advancement of contemporary art and culture in Russia and abroad. Also a magazine magnate, she is the editor-in-chief of Garage Magazine and the fashion zine Pop. She also co-founded the fashion label Kova & T. She is a founding member of the Culture Shed, a new performing arts center in New York. Sadly, Zhukova and Abramovich divorced in 2017.

Julie Chen, a news anchor and producer for CBS television, married Les Moonves — the former president of CBS — in 2004. Their beginning was a bit sordid, as she began dating Moonves while he was still married to Nancy Wiesenfeld. Chen remains committed to Moonves, who was forced to step down as CEO of CBS amid sexual misconduct allegations at the network. Chen hosts the reality show Big Brother and is a former moderator for the chat show The Talk.

Astrid Menks is the wife of octogenarian billionaire Warren Buffet, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Forbes puts his net worth at $88.3 billion. His former wife, Susan Thompson, introduced him to the restaurant hostess and Latvian immigrant. Astrid became his live-in companion while he and Susan were still married, until her death in 2004. The trio had an unconventional relationship and would send out Christmas cards together, signed “Warren, Susan, and Astrid,” according to The Daily Mail. Astrid and Warren married in 2006 on his 76th birthday. Astrid is involved in her own charity work and contributes to the local zoo.

Susan Dell is married to Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Computers. Susan is the co-founder and chairman of the board of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, established in 1999. It is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families living in urban poverty in the United States, India, and South Africa. Over the years, the foundation has committed $1.3 billion to nonprofits involved in these causes. Susan is also a competitive athlete who has participated in marathons, triathlons, and cycling races. She has held female records in several major Hawaii-based cycling races for over a decade. Susan is also a successful fashion mogul, having founded three fashion labels, including the ritzy luxury brand Phi in 2004.

Flora Pérez is the wife of Spanish fashion billionaire Amancio Ortega, the co-founder of Zara. Eighteen years his junior, they married in 2001. Flora worked in the cutting department in one of Sabón’s factories when she was promoted to brand store manager at Ortega’s company. They kept their relationship professional — Amancio was still married to Rosalía Mera, who co-founded Zara — until they had a daughter together. Today she is vice president of the Amancio Ortega Foundation board, whose funds are dedicated to social welfare projects and support organizations such as Cáritas and Proyecto Hombre.

Melani A. Lowman is the third wife of Rob Walton, the chairman of Walmart. They married in 2005 and share a passion for racing vintage sports cars. Lowman is a former athletic trainer and basketball coach. She sits on the boards of the Arizona Science Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation. Lowman manages the Walton Family Foundation, which donated $1 million towards the construction of the Phoenix Theater and $15 million for a third auditorium. She also gave $1 million to her alma mater, Dickinson State University. As a result, a portion of the school’s activities center was renamed the Lowman-Walton Concourse.

Jerry Hall is married to newspaper mogul Rupert Murdoch, the managing director of News Corp Australia. The former Mrs. Mick Jagger tied the knot with Murdoch, 25 years her senior, on March 4th, 2016, a week before Murdoch’s 85th birthday. Her daughter, Georgia May Jagger, was a bridesmaid. The cover model, who hails from Texas, has had a varied career, dabbling in acting appearances from Urban Cowboy to Tim Burton’s Batman. She has also performed in theater on the West End in London. Taking a musical cue from Mick, she now fronts her own country and western outfit.

Connie Snyder is the wife of Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. They have been married since 1990. Connie works as an advocate for the well-being of children. She is the co-founder of the Ballmer Group, which supports efforts to improve childhood poverty, college access, and opportunity in the workforce. Her longstanding focus on the welfare system and foster care led to the creation of Partners for Our Children in 2006. The goal is to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families in Washington State.

Priscilla Chan is married to Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and CEO of Facebook. They wed on May 19, 2012, which happened to be the day after Facebook’s stock market launch. Chan is a pediatrician and philanthropist who is passionate about education, healthcare, and science. Chan is considered to have a strong influence on her hubby’s givings, as well. She began the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to “advance human potential and promote equality.” Together they have pledged nearly $4.6 billion to charities, including a sizable donation of $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital, where Chan worked.

Lauren Sánchez is the main squeeze of Amazon’s head honcho, Jeff Bezos. Their romance became official in January 2019 after Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, separated. The news anchor and helicopter pilot is said to be moving in with the mogul, according to People. Sánchez is no fluffy media personality. She made the dean’s list at El Camino College and went to the University of Southern California on a communications scholarship. She is an entrepreneur in her own right, founding Black Ops Aviation in 2016, the first female-owned aerial film and production company.

Nikita Kahn is the longtime girlfriend of Larry Ellison, the co-founder of the Oracle Corporation. Born Iryna Osipova in Ukraine, she is a philanthropist and film producer. Her boyfriend — who is the eighth richest person in the world, according to Forbes — helped her in those pursuits. However, Nikita also has a head for business, graduating with an MBA from the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. As an animal lover, she put money behind the 2017 documentary The Last Animals and was the executive producer. Her philanthropy goes to animals, such as fundraising to rescue orphans for the California Wildlife Center. She is a staunch supporter of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Rhino Rescue Center.

Melinda French — now Melinda Gates — is married to Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft. Melinda joined Microsoft after graduating with an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. They started their courtship at the company. As general manager of information products, she contributed to several Microsoft products, such as Publisher and Expedia. However, she cut her Microsoft career short after marrying Gates in 1994 to raise her family. She is now co-chair and operator of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Launched in 2000, the foundation’s goal is “to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty.” Since 2014, the Gates have donated $28 billion to the foundation and established the Gates Cambridge Scholarships at Cambridge University.

Elon Musk and Grimes are perhaps one of the strangest celebrity couples around today. The two revealed that they were dating in May 2018, and then in May 2020 Grimes gave birth to their first child, named X AE A-XII. Of course, everyone knows Elon Musk as Tesla magnate who’s worth $209 billion, but Grimes, AKA Claire Boucher, is an accomplished musician in her own right, having released five studio albums and won various awards. She has a net worth $3 million.

Model Coco Johnsen and TV host, Bill Maher, used to date while his career was on the rise. Despite being more of a comedian than a host or reporter, his views on society were often taken very seriously. Needless to say, he was almost canceled for some edgy remarks if it hadn’t been for the support he received from Coco. His net worth today is $140 million, meanwhile hers is somewhere between $1-5 million.

John McAfee, the creator of McAfee Antivirus software, rescued Janice from a less than desirable lifestyle, allowing her to reconnect with her son and rebuild her life. They got married in 2013, and ever since, she’s had quite the influence over him in their lives as tech moguls. She even influenced the creation of a new company, Future Tense Central.

Diana Taylor is the longtime domestic partner of former New York City Mayor and businessman Michael Bloomberg. Her former title was the “de facto First Lady of New York City.” The couple met at a Citizens Budget Commission event in 2000 and have been together ever since. Taylor graduated from Columbia Business School with an MBA. She moved into the public sector as the assistant secretary to then-Governor George Pataki. Under Pataki, she served as the New York State Superintendent of Banks, spearheading the New York State Banking Department, and was the chairwoman of the New York State Banking Board. Taylor serves on several nonprofit and corporate boards, including the New York Women’s Foundation, YMCA of Greater New York, and Sotheby’s.

Wang Dan-ting is married to Ma Huateng (pictured), aka Pony Ma, the CEO of Tencent Holdings in China. Tencent Holdings is one of the largest internet and technology companies in Asia. As of 2018, he is China’s richest man and the 14th wealthiest in the world, with a net worth of $51.1 billion, according to Forbes. Interestingly, the couple met on Tencent’s chatroom product, OICQ, shortly after it launched in 1999. They chatted for months before they met in person to tie the knot. Wang, who keeps a low profile like her husband, is a gifted musician who plays the erhu, a traditional Chinese instrument. Not many known photos of his wife exist, hence the reason for the photo of Huateng above.

Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, added his fair share to their overall net worth; but so did Anne Wojcicki, who co-founded 23andMe. Wojcicki has a net worth of just under $700 million. So both entrepreneurs have done well, but why did they split up? While the answer to this is relatively unknown, it didn’t seem to affect Brin, nor Google, as the company is doing just fine; and Brin married soon afterward.

George Lucas and Mellody Hobson were dating for seven years before he finally popped the question. It seems that good things truly come to those who wait, as they’ve been going strong in their marriage since they exchanged vows in 2013. George Lucas’s success in the film industry is impressive, to say the least, but through Hobson’s education at Princeton and post-collegiate advances, she became president at Ariel Investments; she also took on a vice-chair role at Starbucks.

Yvette Prieto entered a marriage that certainly increased her net worth, which is already at a healthy $5 million. However, that pales in comparison to the basketball legend and Charlotte Hornets owner’s overall worth of about $2 billion.

Tamiko Bolton is the third wife of billionaire philanthropist George Soros. As far as Bolton’s career goes, she is a licensed pharmacist and used to work as an education consultant during the beginnings of her career. Now, she serves as a partner for Soros Fund Management and assists her husband in his business ventures. Interestingly enough, they have an age gap of more than 40 years between them.

Billionaire and Napster co-founder and first president of Facebook, Sean Parker, has a net worth of about $3 billion. His wife, Alexandra Lenas, is quite the talent in her own right, with a film appearance in Mr. Considerate in 2011. However, she’s also known as a successful singer and songwriter, too. You know you’ve made it to the peak of musician accolades when you get to be on MTV, which she has been able to check off her list.

Jay-Z made history as the first hip-hop artist to reach the billionaire club, but there’s no way he could’ve achieved that status without the help of his wife, Beyoncé, who is worth $355 million in her own right. Beyoncé has made her mark over the years as an actress, producer, and of course, one of the most famous singers in American history. Together, she and Jay-Z have established their musical duo The Carters, and have helped each other’s respective music careers immensely. That’s what we call teamwork!

David Koch may no longer be living, but his widow Julia has kept his legacy alive and well as the president of the David H. Koch Foundation. The David H. Koch Foundation donates money to various efforts in science, medicine, education, public policy, and the arts. After his death in 2019, Julia and their three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries. She is currently worth $44.9 billion.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is another person on our list who is no longer living, but his widow Laurene Powell Jobs, whom he married in 1991, is quite a force in her own right. On top of being the heiress to the Jobs fortune, she is the executive and founder of Emerson Collective and president of the board of College Track, which helps prepare disadvantaged high school students for college. She has a net worth of $19 billion.

Kanye and Kim are perhaps the most famous couple in the world right now. On his own, Kanye is worth about $1.3 billion – most of which he earned through his lucrative footwear company Yeezy. Kim isn’t too far behind, at approximately $900 million, which she’s accumulated through her own empire that’s included Keeping up With the Kardashians, the Kardashian Kollection, the Kardashian Beauty cosmetics line, and DASH. It’s hard to really determine who’s more famous or successful at this point!

Donald Bren is an American real estate investor and owner of the Irvine Company, currently worth $17 billion. His wife Brigitte Bren is an entertainment lawyer and more than 30 years younger than him! She has nearly 30 years of experience practicing law in California and has been described as “very bright.”

Phil Knight is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, and owner of the film production company Laika. He is currently worth nearly $40 billion. He and his wife Penny have partaken in many philanthropic endeavors together, including investing $500 million into a scientific research campus at the University of Oregon. They have also donated to the Marylhurst Knights Opportunity Scholarship Program at Marylhurst University.

Steve Ballmer served as the CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014, and he currently owns the LA Clippers, setting his net worth at $74.3 billion. He and his wife Connie Snyder married in 1990, and since then the couple has dedicated a lot of their time and energy to philanthropy. Connie serves on the board of trustees at the University of Oregon, where she attended undergrad. In 2014, they donated $50 million to the university.

Lakshmi Mittal is worth an estimated $18 billion as the CEO of ArcelorMittal, the largest steel company in the world. In 2005 he was the third-richest person in the world, and has also made Forbes’ list of most powerful people in the world. His wife Usha has been an important part of his success in the steel industry for more than a decade. In fact, she is so highly regarded at ArcelorMittal that at one point the company passed a resolution that would entrust her with management oversight, should the directors be absent.

Miranda Kerr was already a well-known name – thanks to her long career as Victoria’s Secret model and previous marriage to actor Orlando Bloom – prior to 2017. However, she elevated into an entire new strata of society that were when she wed Evan Spiegel, the business wunderkind who had become one of the youngest billionaires in history thanks to the success of Snapchat. The couple, who first met at a Louis Vuitton event at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, have two children.

Instagram founder Kevin Systrom, who has a worth of $1.5 billion, met his future wife Nicole Schuetz at their mutual alma mater Stanford. The couple were engaged in 2014, and married in 2016. The now-Nicole Systrom has an MBA/MS in Environment and Resources and founded the clean-energy investment firm Sutro the same year the couple were engaged. Given the source of their wealth, it’s unsurprising that the couple have a large following on social media.

Future fashion mogul Ralph Lauren met his future wife Ricky Ann Loew-Beer met in 1964 when the latter was a receptionist at the former’s doctor’s office. The two married at the end of the year, and have remained together ever since, even as Ralph’s name has become synonymous with a massive fashion empire. In addition to supporting her husband behind the scenes, Ricky has worked as an author, artist photographer, and psychotherapist.

Jet-setting Virgin founder Richard Branson began a relationship with Joan Templeman sometime in the late 1970s, and the couple had three children together during this period. They finally married in 1989, The couple have remained together ever since, despite the business and personal reputation up-and-downs that have haunted Branson’s press reputation over the last 35-40 years. Templeman’s staid devotion to her husband has earned her the name Lady Branson in the press.

Former Google head Eric Schmidt – who retired in 2020 and is worth approximately $16.5 billion – married is wife Wendy in 1980. She’s active in the couple numerous charitable foundations – the Schmidt Family Foundation (which focuses on sustainability), the Schmidt Ocean Institute (which promotes oceanographic research) and Schmidt Futures (which funds efforts to integrate technology into societal charitable endeavors) as well as being involved in competitive sailing competitions.

Quicken Loans head and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert first met his interior designer wife Jennifer when she was brought in to design his office. The two hit it off, got married, and had five children together. Jennifer also continued her design career, interior founding Doodle Home in 2010 and Amber Engine in 2015, and Pophouse. The couple also founded the Gilbert Family Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for neurofibromatosis, a disease one of their sons suffers from.

While the name Dustin Moskovitz. might not be as familiar as Mark Zuckerberg – he was played by actor Joseph Mazzello in The Social Network – he was just ask instrumental in the early creation of Facebook, and has a net worth of $8.8 billion. Moskovitz met his future wife Cari Tuna on a blind date, and the two quickly hit it off. Since their 2013 wedding, the two have dedicated most of their time to charity, donating millions through their Good Ventures foundation.

AirBNB CEO Brian Chesky first met artist Elissa Patel Waverly when the two connected on the dating app Tinder in 2013 .The two became one of the tech industry’s most recognizable pairs in the decade after they first got together. However, unsubstantiated rumors of a breakup were reported in the press at the end of 2022. Considering Patel Waverly has a degree in marketing from Santa Clara University and has studied at both the Imperial College London and Shanghai University, we think she’ll be just fine.

Deirdre Hindmarsh and t James Dyson first met at the Byam Shaw School of Art in 1966, and were married two years later. For roughy the next two decades, the couple got by on Hindmarsh’s teacher salary. However, things changed in the 1970s and 80s, when Dyson first began experimenting with “using cyclonic separation to create a vacuum cleaner that would not lose suction as it picked up dirt.” His Dyson vacuum became a massive success, and turned the Dysons into billionaires.

Pam Omidyar and Pierre Omidyar were college sweethearts long before the latter made billions cofounding eBay. Pam has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Tufts University and a master’s in molecular genetics from the USC Santa Cruz. Since attaining their $9 billion net worth, the couple have donated millions to charity and cofounded the Omidyar Network, a “foundation that supports social and economic change.”

Supermodel Stephanie Seymour was a near-household name during the golden age of modeling in the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in catalogues, magazines, and even some acting roles. In 1995 she married billionaire Peter Brant – an industrialist, magazine publisher, film producer, and art collector – forming a power couple. The two filed for divorce in 2009, but they reconciled in 2010, and have remained together ever since.

Paul Tudor Jones earned his billions as a hedge fund manager. He married Australian model Sonia Klein, an accomplished yoga teacher and certified Ashtanga practitioner who founded OIS Yoga studios. The couple have four children together, including well-known singer-songwriter Caroline Jones.

Irina Viner is the head coach for the Russian national gymnastics team and is considered to be one of the most successful gymnastics coaches of all time. She’s currently married to billionaire Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. Together have made many charitable donations, though they’ve also been dogged by numerous controversies and corruption allegations.

Diane von Furstenberg was already one of the most famous fashion designers of all time – she created the wrap dress among other things – when she married television icon-cum billionaire Barry Diller in 2001. The couple have become massive philanthropists, donating millions over the last two decades to various causes, including $130 million for a floating park in New York to be built in the Hudson River.