Top 10 Entrepreneurial Power Couples

Some couples are truly meant to work together. Whether complementary or identical, these entrepreneurial pairs have leveraged their camaraderie and shared ambition to fuel their projects. Discover our Top 10 entrepreneurial couples.

  1. Jay-Z and Beyoncé: They Know the Tune! Their daughter, Blue Ivy, is perhaps the only baby in the world whose name is a trademark. These chart-toppers, owners of a record label, clothing lines, perfumes, basketball teams, bars, and nightclubs, certainly have a knack for business.
  2. David and Victoria Beckham: From Celebrity to Business As a footballer’s wife, the former Spice Girl is also the UK’s Top Entrepreneur of 2014 and a mother of four. The couple’s strength lies in using their image to plan their transition in advance.
  3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Forever Glamorous The wine produced on their Provence property is their latest venture. Hollywood’s highest-paid actor continues to star in films and advertisements, while Angelina Jolie excels in fashion lines, restaurants, football clubs, humanitarian missions, and children’s causes.
  4. David and Cathy Guetta: Kings of the Night Complementary as a DJ and party organizer, they reigned over electronic music scenes in Paris, Ibiza, and beyond for twenty years. Recently divorced, they built an empire together!
  5. Bill & Melinda Gates: From Microsoft to Philanthropy In 1989, “The richest man in the world” met his wife in the Microsoft parking lot. They now co-chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focused on education and health.
  6. Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent: Haute Couture Passion In 2014, two biopics traced Yves Saint Laurent’s rise. Pierre Bergé, passionate about theater, opera, philanthropy, and press, supported Yves Saint Laurent’s creative talent from 1958 until his death in 2008.
  7. Carley Roney and David Liu: Marriage is Business What better idea than to create a business around weddings as a couple? Thus, The Knot was born, an online wedding guide created by Americans Carley Roney and David Liu. Now XO Group Inc., it is publicly traded.
  8. Marco Moreira and Ann Makovitsky: Love for Fine Things Brazilian-born chef Marco Moreira met his wife in New York, and together they created Marco Polo Catering and the Le Tocqueville restaurant, a Manhattan staple. From sushi restaurants to brasseries and recently Brazilian cuisine, where will they stop?
  9. Charline Sagnard and Sylvain Bruyère: E-commerce Adventure Together since their studies, they founded the startup Cadeau Maestro, splitting tasks. With dual IT and marketing expertise, he manages web and purchasing, while she handles accounting and logistics.
  10. Bérengère and Hervé Lecat: Plenty to Teach Us Leading Complétude, France’s second-largest home tutoring company for 15 years, the entrepreneurial couple does the opposite of what they preach: never work from home. A good piece of advice as they’ve just created Kinougarde, a childcare service.

Driven by success, passionate entrepreneurs, which couple do you identify with?

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