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The wealthiest people on the planet and their spouses

Charles & Liz Koch

You know him as a staunch political figure; Charles Koch has accrued quite the wealth for himself. His net worth is somewhere around the stratosphere of $50.9 billion as of 2015. He’s headed up multiple partisan think tanks and is CEO and chairman of Koch Industries.

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His wife has been moderately active on the charity spectrum, too. With perhaps some of his help, Liz headed up a trust that was tasked with giving financial support to budding artists from a variety of genres.