Billionaires Who Married their Co workers
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Murdoch is married to Wendy Deng, a Chinese-born MBA graduate from Yale University. 39 year-old Deng met Murdoch at a company party while working as an executive at Hong Kong’s Star TV. The couple got married in 1999 within weeks of Murdoch getting his divorce from his third wife. Wendy now heads the strategy department at MySpace China which is part of her husband’s vast media empire. The couple lives in Manhattan with their two daughters, Grace Helen and Chloe.
Carl Icahn
The son of a Jewish cantor and school teacher, Carl Icahn started out with his own securities firm and then went on to makes money as a hedge funds manager and private equity investor before buying majority shares in several companies. As of March 2010, Icahn owned assets worth $11 billion USD, making him the 24th richest man in the United States.
Before her marriage to billionaire financier Carl Icahn, Golden was an assistant to him for several years. The two married in 1999 soon after Icahn obtained a divorce from this first wife Liba. Since her marriage to the billionaire Golden has emerged as a businesswoman in her own right when she launched an online airline fare retailer Lowestfare.com. In 2002 Golden went ahead with founding "Gutsy Women Travel," a women-only tour company offering trips on five continents.
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Wealthy dating guides suggest that one of the easiest ways to come across the rich and successful is to be a fixture at places where they are sure to spend most of their waking hours – their workplace. Apart from the fact that here you have the highest chances of running into the company chairman or hot-shot CEO, it is also widely recognized that wealthy men are turned on by women who are smart, confident and aware – all traits of professional women. If you need still more convincing, here is a brief account of some billionaires who found love in the workplace.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is today the second richest man in the whole world and the richest man in USA. , The self-made billionaire currently enjoys a net worth of US$61 billion1 and that too after giving away $28 billion to charitable causes. Despite Gates moving away from day to day running of Microsoft, its shares continue to soar and his investment vehicle Cascade keeps raking in the profits. However at present almost 60% of Gates’ fortune is held outside Microsoft with assets in Four Seasons Hotel, Auto Nation and Televisa.
Gates is married to Melinda French, who worked as a manager with Microsoft when she met her future husband. The two got married on New Year’s Day in 1994 on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. Today the couple has three children and they live in Medina, Washington. Apart from raising her children, Melinda Gates remains busy with philanthropy since she is the co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Amancio Ortega
Even though Spain may soon require a full bailout, one of its citizens recently became the wealthiest person in the euro zone and the third richest man on the planet, edging out American financier Warren Buffet, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index2. The man in question is Amancio Ortega, founder of the luxury fashion house, Zara as well as Inditex whose personal fortune is estimated at $47.4 billion – according to Bloomberg, the surge in Ortega’s fortunes is due to Inditex stock price closing at a record high. 76 year old Ortega is a self-made billionaire. A railway worker's son, he started as a gofer in a shirt store. Over time he met Rosalia Mera, and the two started designing gowns and lingerie from the living room in their home The couple parlayed their work into a multi-billion-dollar corporation, Inditex, and the Zara line of clothing stores. Despite her divorce from Ortega, Mera retains a 7% stake in the company. Ortega has three children among whom, his daughter Marta, also works for Inditex. In February 2012, she, married Spanish equestrian star Sergio Alvarez Moya. Ortega himself owns a horse-jumping circuit as well as a stake in a soccer league.
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Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian American billionaire who founded and continues to head the News Corporation, a conglomerate of television channels, newspapers and various other media companies. With a current net worth of $8.3 billion, Murdoch is ranked on the 106th position in Forbes 2012 World Billionaire list3.
Murdoch is married to Wendy Deng, a Chinese-born MBA graduate from Yale University. 39 year-old Deng met Murdoch at a company party while working as an executive at Hong Kong’s Star TV. The couple got married in 1999 within weeks of Murdoch getting his divorce from his third wife. Wendy now heads the strategy department at MySpace China which is part of her husband’s vast media empire. The couple lives in Manhattan with their two daughters, Grace Helen and Chloe.
Carl Icahn
The son of a Jewish cantor and school teacher, Carl Icahn started out with his own securities firm and then went on to makes money as a hedge funds manager and private equity investor before buying majority shares in several companies. As of March 2010, Icahn owned assets worth $11 billion USD, making him the 24th richest man in the United States.
Before her marriage to billionaire financier Carl Icahn, Golden was an assistant to him for several years. The two married in 1999 soon after Icahn obtained a divorce from this first wife Liba. Since her marriage to the billionaire Golden has emerged as a businesswoman in her own right when she launched an online airline fare retailer Lowestfare.com. In 2002 Golden went ahead with founding "Gutsy Women Travel," a women-only tour company offering trips on five continents.
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