Even the richest people in the world can be unlucky in love. From Elon Musk and MacKenzie Scott to Kim Kardashian and Tyler Perry, these billionaires are always on the hunt for a Valentine or Valentine.
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Money doesn’t buy love, which is why many of the wealthiest people on the planet find themselves single this Valentine’s Day.
Some have gone through the pain of divorce (once or more), while others practice serial monogamy for several years before moving on. There are also single billionaires with difficult exes, says Forbes.
To identify some of America’s most eligible billionaires, the magazine combed through the ranks of the Forbes 400 – from innovative tech entrepreneurs to brash fashion moguls to passionate philanthropists to find those who don’t have a ring on their sleeve. finger, but who are open to finding love.
In the end, each of these eligible billionaires has a lot more to offer than a bank account with three commas.
Elon Musk, who is worth 187.2 billion US dollars
A man who named his first four Tesla models S, 3, X, Y, seems to have one thing in mind and with 10 children, Elon Musk certainly has the numbers to prove it.
Despite three divorces, two of them with the same woman, the second richest man in the world is still looking for love.
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Jack Dorsey, who is worth 4.9 billion US dollars
46-year-old Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has been linked to numerous women over the years, but has generally been private regarding his love life.
When he’s not running tech companies, he’s also a licensed massage therapist and briefly considered a career as a fashion designer. One downside to dating Dorsey? Forget romantic brunches, he only eats once a day in the evening.
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Laurene Powell Jobs, who is worth 12.5 billion dollars
Widow of Steve Jobs, whom she married in 1991, Laurene Powell Jobs has focused on her work since the death of her beloved in 2011.
Jobs, who has three adult children with the late Apple co-founder, has dated several men since her husband’s death, including former Boston mayor Adrian Fenty and Eleven Madison Park chief Daniel Humm, but remains Single.
A sports enthusiast, she owns 20% of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, NHL’s Washington Capitals and WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
For those who appreciate the ocean, Jobs also owns a $120 million super yacht, designed by Philippe Starck.
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Brian Chesky, who is worth 9.1 billion US dollars
The vacation options are endless with Brian Chesky, the 41-year-old co-founder and CEO of Airbnb.
A former competitive bodybuilder who enjoys posting photos with his beloved dog, Chesky has been linked to entertainer Elissa Patel for the past few years, but is now willing to share his bed.
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Melinda French Gates, who is worth 6.7 billion US dollars
Long before marrying Bill Gates in 1994, Melinda French had a distinguished career at Microsoft as a multimedia product developer.
After the birth of their first child, she left the company to focus on her work as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charity.
Despite their divorce in 2021, following 27 years of marriage, the couple remain committed to their joint philanthropic work even as they both move on romantically.
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Ken Griffin, who is worth 32.8 billion US dollars
Do you like a man who has excellent taste in real estate? Ken Griffin made his fortune running Citadel Advisors, the fund he founded in 1990, but for the past 15 years his passion has been collecting trophy houses around the world.
Griffin, 54, twice divorced, owns several apartments in New York, including a $238 million penthouse in Manhattan.
He also owns a few properties in Miami, as well as homes in Aspen, Hawaii, London, and the Hamptons. As if that weren’t enough, Griffin also amassed a $450 million beachfront resort in Palm Beach.
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Mackenzie Scott, who is worth $26.8 billion
The 52-year-old novelist owes her fortune to her shares in the Amazon company, which her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, founded.
Following a multi-billion dollar divorce in 2019, Scott seemed to put aside the importance she placed on money. In 2021, she married Dan Jewett, a former science teacher at her children’s school in Seattle. Alas, the couple divorced in January.
Today, much of Scott’s life is devoted to philanthropy. In just over two years, she has donated more than $14 billion to some 1,600 charities.
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Nicholas Berggruen, who is worth US$3.1 billion
Once known as the “homeless billionaire” following selling his apartments in New York and Miami to live in luxury hotels, Nicholas Berggruen, 61, has mellowed over the past decade. He had two children via surrogate in 2016, but still hasn’t married. Son of a wealthy art collector, he directs the Berggruen Institute.
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Kim Kardashian, who is worth 1.7 billion US dollars
Kim Kardashian prefers to live her life in front of the cameras, in the tabloids and on social networks. Besides, exposing himself like this will earn him money and add value to Skims, which Forbes values at $3.2 billion.
Despite a complicated romantic past, Kardashian, 42, remains a hopeful romantic. In an interview with James Cordon last September, the billionaire said she was looking for a scientist, a doctor or a lawyer.
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Tyler Perry, who is worth 1 billion US dollars
Tyler Perry said he was “poor as hell” before joining the Forbes 400 ranks in 2020. The 53-year-old director, actor, producer and playwright has divorced his wife, Gelila Bekele, following 11 years of marriage and a child in 2020.
He’s been single ever since, but is still a fan of romance, as he proved when he allowed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to live in his Los Angeles home when they moved to New York. first time in the United States.
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