# The 10 wealthiest couples in the world

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/22/the-10-wealthiest-couples-in-the-world/
- Published: 2015-07-22T11:05:06+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Wealth intelligence specialists Wealth-X has published a list of the world’s wealthiest
couples. Together they have a combined net worth of $85.7 billion. Fortunately many
of them are engaged in philanthropy.**

The list is topped in terms of financial value by **Bill and Miranda Gates**. The
co-founder of Microsoft married the Microsoft employee, in 1994. They set up the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. It gives primarily to agricultural development,
health, educational and other social causes. In 2010, the couple joined billionaire
investor Warren Buffett to form the [Giving Pledge](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2010/08/04/40-billionaire-us-families-pledge-give-away-most-wealth/),
a group of wealthy individuals who have committed to giving the majority of their
wealth to philanthropic causes.

In second place is Spanish retail businessman **Amancio Ortega Gaona** and his second
wife, **Flora Pére**. They have a combined net worth of US$70.7 billion. They married
in 2001, and Flora currently serves as the vice president of the Amancio Ortega 
Foundation.

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At 31 and 30 respectively **Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan** are the youngest
couple on the list. The Facebook founder and his wife, who met at Harvard in 2004,
have a combined net worth of $38.5 billion.

The majority of couples in the list are based in the USA, and six out of the ten
have generated the wealth themselves, with the rest inheriting it.

 

![The Wealthiest 10 couples, according to Wealth-X](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/
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The Wealthiest 10 couples, according to [Wealth-X](http://www.wealthx.com)

 

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