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Author｜Wenser (@wenser 2010 )

On the morning of November 9, the world became a spectator due to a “public announcement of infidelity” from NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang. With Alice Huang surfacing, attention shifted to the partners of various Silicon Valley giants such as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Google founder Larry Page.

Previously, a podcast called "SOTA WIVES", co-created by a Silicon Valley YC partner and a Cerebras executive, became a sensation, linking early investments to romantic relationships in its first episode; recently, the term “Silicon Valley trophy wife” temporarily became a buzzword on social media, bringing to light the women behind Silicon Valley tech men.

In this article, we will not gossip, but instead focus on the legitimate partners of various Silicon Valley titans who either stood by them from humble beginnings or stayed with them after they achieved success, referred to as “SOTA WIVES” (SOTA meaning State of The Art, interpreted as the best level).

Coinbase CEO's wife Angela Meng

Let's start with the crypto circle.

In October 2024, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong officially announced his marriage on X platform, and after receiving a plethora of congratulations, his wife's identity was also publicly revealed.

He later clarified that he had never been married before, affirming that this is his first marriage and denying rumors about an affair with Indonesian actress Raline Shah.

According to public sources, Angela Meng, of Chinese descent, was born in Beijing and immigrated to Los Angeles, USA, with her parents at the age of 11. She previously worked as a reporter for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), and Reuters in Beijing, and has experience in investment management at New York investment bank Lazard, as well as in the modeling industry. The South China Morning Post's official website still has her personal author page and related reports, mostly focusing on venture capital figures.

The couple met around 2019 and began dating around 2021, gradually disappearing from the public eye until their marriage in October 2024. It is said that she provides financial support in Brian Armstrong’s business decisions.

It is worth noting that Coinbase successfully went public in April 2021, becoming the "first stock of global CEX", thus, Angela Meng can also be seen as one of the "early investors" in Coinbase.

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan

Next, let's briefly talk about Priscilla Chan, wife of Mark Zuckerberg, who currently has a market value of $1.6 trillion.

Interestingly, similar to the Coinbase couple, Meta (formerly Facebook) went public in May 2012, and Zuckerberg married on the day following Meta's IPO, both Brian Armstrong and Zuckerberg chose a great timing, achieving a "double celebration".

Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have a stable relationship and have three daughters: Maxima (born around 2015), August (born around 2017), and Aurelia (born around 2023).

Source: Internet

Public information shows that Priscilla Chan has a relatively simple background; her parents are ethnic Chinese who fled to the U.S. from Vietnam, and she was born in Massachusetts and once worked as a pediatrician. In 2015, the couple established the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a charitable organization, with Chan serving as co-CEO and participating in the AI biology research lab Biohub.

In 2003, Chan met Zuckerberg at a fraternity party at Harvard University and then became each other's partners; previously, the couple also promised to donate 99% of their Meta shares for charity and venture capital.

Oracle founder Larry Ellison's wife Jolin Keren

Compared to the previous two tech tycoons who remained committed, Oracle founder Larry Ellison's marital experiences are much richer. As one of the internet tycoons who rose to fame at the beginning of the century, Larry has had five marriages, and Jolin Keren is his sixth wife.

Public information indicates that Jolin Keren (née Zhu, also known as Zhu Keren) was born in China, later moved to the U.S. for education, became a citizen, and received a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the University of Michigan in 2012.

It is worth mentioning that Jolin Keren is approximately 47 years younger than Larry Ellison, who turned 82 this year. They married in 2023 and were first publicly confirmed as a couple in 2024, subsequently having five children together.

The couple are passionate about sports and previously donated around $10 million to the University of Michigan's sports and NIL (Name, Image, Likeness). An article previously pointed out that Jolin had greatly assisted the Michigan Wolverines team in signing the nationally recognized top rookie quarterback Bryce Underwood in 2024, with official personnel specifically expressing gratitude, saying: “They provided valuable guidance and financial support to the championship circle, making it all possible.”

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's wife Lauren Sánchez

If the partners of the previous few giants are considered normal, the story of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his current wife Lauren Sánchez is much more exciting. There is a widely circulated “affair appreciation increase” meme that records this.

In comparison to the relatively simple backgrounds of the previous women, Lauren Sánchez's career is quite “legendary.” Born in December 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she is now 56 years old and of Mexican descent. She has previously served as an Emmy Award-winning journalist and television host (having hosted/participated in shows like Good Day L.A., Extra, The View); is a licensed helicopter pilot and founded an aerial photography company called Black Ops Aviation; authored the children's book “The Fly Who Flew to Space,” which once topped The New York Times bestseller list; engages in charity work as vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, participating in ocean conservation projects; and in April 2025, she will be a passenger on the Bezos-owned Blue Origin NS-31 all-female space flight.

The two first met in 2016 through Lauren's ex-husband Patrick Whitesell, at which point both were already married; in 2018, their relationship was exposed by the media, showcasing a dramatic storyline that even involved extortion from an American media company.

Ultimately, in 2019, both publicly acknowledged their relationship after divorcing their original partners but did not marry. Bezos's shares in Amazon were split with his ex-wife MacKenzie, amounting to 25%, valued at about $35.6 billion, which rose to approximately $44.8 billion by 2025.

In May 2023, Lauren and Bezos officially got engaged, and they are set to marry in June 2025 in Venice. Currently, their marriage is stable, but they have no children together. They co-parent Bezos’s four children with his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott and Sánchez’s three children.

Those who can sit in the passenger seat are not simple

Looking back at the partners behind several Silicon Valley giants, we can see that these women also have their own highlights and expertise, including media celebrities at the forefront and veteran entrepreneurs navigating the capital tide.

As the term “Silicon Valley trophy wife” and “SOTA WIVES” become a trending social media label, countless women are shining in various industries in their own ways. With the AI industry gradually welcoming a wave of IPO wealth creation, it is believed that in the near future, the rich list will see the emergence of more women.

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