15 powerful couples who rule the technology world

New Delhi: Here is a list of most influential and inspiring couples in the field of technology. Some of them are cofounders, others are executives at Fortune 500 companies.Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla ChanMark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a Silicon Valley nonprofit in December. Facebook billionaire Zuckerberg married his longtime sweetheart, Priscilla Chan, last year. The two tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home, in front of fewer than 100 people.Bill and Melinda GatesBill and Melinda were married on January 1, 1994 on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. To insure their privacy for the day of their wedding, Bill rented every hotel room at the hotel (250 rooms) and chartered every helicopter close by. Bill and Melinda's $1 million, 15-minute, seaside wedding ceremony took place on the 12th tee of the Manele Bay Hotel golf course. The couple co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Marissa Mayer and Zack BogueMayer, who left Google to become the new CEO of struggling tech company Yahoo, and Bogue, a former lawyer who invests in big-data startups and recently launched the investment fund Data Collective, married in 2009. They are one of Silicon Valley's top techie power pairs.Ali and Mark PincusWhile Mark founded gaming giant Zynga, Ali is co-founder of online home-furnishings retailer One King's Lane, which recently raised a $112 million round of financing that nearly valued the company at $1 billion.Dave Goldberg and Sheryl SandbergFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is married to SurveyMonkey CEO, Dave Goldberg.Aaron Hirschhorn and Karine Hirschhorn co-founded DogVacayAaron and his wife Karine are the brains behind Dog Vacay, an inexpensive, in-home boarding service for dogs that is taking off. Today, the company is attracting big name investors; Benchmark Capital handed over $6 million in November 2012. DogVacay boarding services are available in hundreds of cities in the US.Dave and Brit Morin each have startupsDave and Brit Morin are married, and each is working on a startup. While Dave is running Path, a mobile social network, Brit left Google to start her own company, Brit+Co, which launched in November 2011. It's a design and cooking site full of inspirational how-to posts.Kevin and Julia HartzKevin Hartz is Co-Founder & CEO of Eventbrite, a company that enables event creation, promotion, and ticket sales; while also helping people discover events that match their passions. Kevin was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company, servicing more than 30 countries worldwide. They met at a friend's wedding while Julia was working for MTV (on "Jackass") and Kevin was founding Xoom.Susan Gregg Koger and Eric KogerThese high school sweethearts launched ModCloth the summer before they started at Carnegie-Mellon University in 2002, selling clothing Susan had picked up in thrift stores. The online retailer now offers vintage, vintage-inspired and independent label fashions, as well as home decor items like lighting, rugs and laptop sleeves. Paul Graham and Jessica LivingstonPaul Graham and his wife Jessica Livingston run Y Combinator, the startup school/seed-funding venture that has invested in hundreds of companies.Michael and Kass LazerowMichael and Kass Lazerow founded Buddy Media, which sold to Salesforce.com for $700 million.David Liu and Carley RoneyCarley Roney and David Liu co-founded XO Group, formerly known as The Knot. Their marriage has survived two IPOs and extreme highs and lows.MG Siegler and Megan QuinnMegan Quinn, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is dating Google Ventures' MG Siegler.Diane Greene and Mendel RosenblumGoogle board member Diane Greene is married to Mendel Rosenblum. They co-founded VMWare, along with three other people in 1998.Sam Lessin and Jessica LessinWhi Sam Lessin co-founded Drop.io, which was acquired by Facebook, Jessica Lessin, his wife, is a technology reporter who launched a media company this year, The Information.