Partner: Joseph Tsai, cofounder and executive vice chairman of Alibaba
Years married: 23
Who she is: Clara Wu Tsai got her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and an MBA at Harvard Business School before working at both American Express and the Chinese shopping site Taobao.
The Tsais bought a 49% stake in the Brooklyn Nets in 2017, and in August 2019, purchased the remaining share to become the sole owners. The couple also owns Barclays Center, the arena the team plays in, as well as the WNBA team, the New York Liberty.
In October 2018, the Tsais made a significant contribution to Stanford's neurosciences institute, which has since been renamed the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
Wu Tsai is also an activist for criminal justice reform, and in early 2019, launched the Reform Alliance along with Meek Mill, Jay-Z, Robert Kraft, and 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin. The initiative's goal is to reform the probation and parole system.
The couple got married in New York City in 1996 and lived in Hong Kong for 13 years before moving to La Jolla, California. They have three children: Alex, Dash, and Jacob.