Being able to see is something a lot of people take advantage of. It’s not until you lose your sight that you appreciate just how important it is to your everyday life. Thankfully, companies like LEGO are taking steps to ensure that these people aren’t at a disadvantage. For any visually impaired kids (or children at heart), the toy manufacturer has a new line of bricks which will help them learn Braille so they can still live life to the full.

Fun For Everyone

Most people played with LEGO growing up. This toy offers a great way to express your creativity and create things in your spare time. Now, thanks to the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind, LEGO will be entertaining more children than ever with its upcoming Braille Bricks project. 2020 will see the release of a set that contains bricks with studs arranged in the design of the Braille alphabet.

A Growing Demand

This idea first came about nearly a decade ago when the Danish Association of the Blind brought it up with LEGO. After the Dorina Nowill Foundation suggested a similar thing several years later, it became clear that demand for the product was growing. Now, prototypes of the bricks are being tested across the world, with a major release scheduled for sometime next year.

Bringing Back Braille

People have praised LEGO’s involvement in this, and they’re hopeful that it will inspire more people to learn Braille. Due to the rise of things like audiobooks, a lot of younger people with visual impairments have put off learning how to read. However, that may change once there are toys like LEGO which specifically cater to people who can’t see correctly. That will work well in these kids favor because knowing Braille typically makes children more independent and likelier to find gainful employment when they’re older.

The Importance Of Education

As well as teaching kids the alphabet, these bricks will also feature numbers and mathematical symbols so that people can get the full experience. What’s more, LEGO will be making many of their sets available for free so that more children can learn how to read Braille without any hassle. They’re putting education ahead of financial gain, and other companies would do well to follow their lead.

It’s good to see that toys like LEGO can still change people’s lives, even though they’ve been around for years now.

No one can deny how good it feels having a little extra cash in the pocket. Lucky for these ladies that married wealthy men, they now have unlimited cash.  Read ahead to find out who these gorgeous and brilliant billionaire wives are and how they won the marriage jackpot!

Before Erica Packer married the eighth richest man in Australia, James Packer, she was trying to make it big as a singer and a model. James gained his fortune from investing in Crown Resorts in 2007. That same year Erica and James tied the knot after four years of on and off dating. The couple married on the French Riviera in a beautiful $15 million wedding. Shortly after, Erica and James had three children together. Sadly, the marriage only lasted until 2013.

After James Packer divorced part-time model Erica Packer, he did not wait long to move on. A few years later, the billionaire started dating diva superstar Mariah Carey. The couple got engaged in 2016 but sadly broke up after a couple months and never made it down the aisle. Obviously, Carey already had her own fortune and did not need James’ money, but while the couple was still together they were worth a lot! Together, their fortune came out to around $4 billion!

Billionaire George Soros got very lucky on his 82nd birthday when he married the beautiful 42-year-old pharmacist Tamiko Bolton. Tamiko became George’s third wife when the couple got married in 2013 at a lavish wedding weekend that took place in Bedford, New York. The couple got to know each other at a dinner party back in 2008 and then George popped the question while on a special weekend vacation in the Hamptons. Interestingly, Tamiko’s step children (George’s children) are all older than her!

Even though Kate Greer isn’t technically a billionaire wife, we have to give her the benefit of the doubt since she has been dating Twitter and Sqaure, Inc. founder Jack Dorsey for a long time. They have been off and on for years and have no children together since Dorsey has publicly said that Twitter and Square are basically his children. When Kate’s not with Dorsey, she’s busy with a nonprofit organization called Campinteractive that helps children through technology and the outdoors.

One of Steve Jobs’ best decisions was marrying the love of his life Laurene Powell. She is a powerful and accomplished woman in her own right and can hardly be called a trophy wife. Laurene and Steve met when she was an MBA student in the late 80s. Laurene is a businesswoman known for founding Emerson Collective which advocates for education and immigration reforms. Before he passed away, She was also the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Even though Lucy Southworth is married to Larry Page aka the co-founder of Google, she does not let his net worth get to get head at all. While Larry is filthy rich and has a $30 billion fortune that would allow for Lucy to not lift a finger, Lucy continues to work hard earning her doctorate in biomedical informatics at Stanford University. Page and Southworth work hard in their jobs and in their marriage. They are very happy together and have two children.

Andrea Hissom lucked out when she snagged multi-billionaire business tycoon Steve Wynn. Wynn made his fortune off of casinos and hotels in Las Vegas. After losing a lot of money off of two divorces, Wynn is sticking with his third wife Andrea and making it work. His most recent $741 million divorce settlement with his ex-wife Elaine was one of the biggest settlements in history. Andrea and Steve got married in 2011 in an incredibly lavish ceremony at a resort in Las Vegas.

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation and the fifth-wealthiest person in the United States, is used to getting what he wants. After all, he has a net worth of around $55 billion! Unfortunately, money can’t buy happiness and even though Ellison is filthy rich, he has had a lot of trouble keeping his wives happy over the years. After marrying and divorcing four times, Ellison found love again with Ukrainian model Nikita Kahn. He was so smitten with her that he built a restaurant called “Nikita.”

Priscilla Chan, commonly referred to as Mrs. Facebook, met Mark Zuckerberg way before he made his $63 billion founding Facebook.  The couple actually met at a fraternity party in 2003 while they were both in line for the bathroom. The connection grew over the years into a deeper and more meaningful relationship. Priscilla and Mark said “I do” in May 2012. A couple of years later, Priscilla gave birth to a baby girl and they are expecting another daughter in the coming year.

Anne Wojcicki never took her marriage to billionaire and Google co-founder Sergey Brin as a time to lay low. While she was married, Anne made her own name for herself as the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, a personal genomics company that allows users to find out about their DNA. While Anne and Sergey both have very successful and fulfilling careers, they could not seem to make their marriage work. The couple decided to call it quits after eight years together.

When 86-year-old Bernie Ecclestone has lived an extravagant life after he made his billions as the chief executive of the Formula One Group. All of his ex-wives have also been lucky enough to live lives of luxury. Even though Bernie married and divorced two times, he decided to try his luck at marriage one more time with Fabiana Flosi.  Whoever said opposites attract, were right on the money with this couple. Flosi is taller (he’s 5 feet tall), darker, and 47 years younger than Ecclestone, but it works!

Businessman Peter Brant was born to born into an extraordinarily wealthy family, and as he got older, Brant continued to grow the family fortune. Once he was well established, Peter started dating former supermodel Stephanie Seymour while his marriage to his first wife was ending. In 1993, Stephanie and Peter had their first child together and then got married two years later. Stephanie filed for divorce after 14 years together, but the couple reconciled a year later and never followed through with divorce proceedings!

92-year-old billionaire Sumner Redstone decided to give the dating scene another try after his marriage to his second wife ended. Redstone is the powerful man behind Viacom, CBS, MTV, and many other companies.  In 2009, Redstone started dating Elizabeth Malia Andelin, a 20 something-year-old flight attendant who worked on one of his private jets. Since the couple got together Andelin has been living the high life making profits as his philanthropist.

The internet exploded when billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch married his fourth wife and Mick Jagger’s ex-wife, Jerry Hall. Interestingly,  before tying the knot with Hall, Murdoch had another leading lady that made headlines. For 14 years, Murdoch was married to Wendi Deng, a woman who was 38 years younger than him. In the end, the age difference was too much. Luckily for Deng, right after the divorce, she was offered an internship of a lifetime in Hong Kong at Star TV.

Eloise Broady was Playboy’s Playmate in 1988 before she married billionaire John Paul DeJoria. John made his fortune as an entrepreneur and from the popular Paul Micthell hair care products and he is now worth around $4 billion. Broady and DeJoria said “I do” in 1993 and have four children together. As a couple, Eloise and John are very philanthropic together and they are always working to give their money to good causes. They have contributed a lot of money to Food4Africa, an organization that helps feed orphaned children.

Elon Musk, the co-founder of Paypal, Tesla and Space X, and his leading lady, Talulah Riley, have had problems, over the years they tried to work through them. Musk met Riley after he and his first wife got divorced in 2008. He stepped back out onto the dating scene and finally met his true match, Talulah. Elon and Talulah married in 2010 and then called it quits after four years. Then, in a turn of events, Musk and Riley got remarried in 2013 and then divorced again in 2016!

Before Kristy Hinze became the fourth wife of billionaire entrepreneur and computer scientist James Clark, she was busy modeling for Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated. Now she is a wife and mother and also super wealthy.

Belgian model Jade Foret found her prince charming when she fell in love with the wealthiest man in France, Arnaud Lagardere. Billionaire Lagardere made his fortune as the General and Managing Partner of Lagardère SCA. Even though he is 56 years old and she is half his age, somehow the couple knows how to make it work. Unfortunately, after Lagardere released a flirty video with the swimwear model declaring his love for her, many Frenchman in the finance world questioned his business sense.

Billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich has not had the best track record when it comes to marriage, but it seems he finally met his true match. Dasha Alexandrovna Zhukova is also a respected Russian businesswoman and lucky number three for Roman. Dasha and Roman like to keep their relationship on the down-low, which is probably a good thing considering they both come from famous and wealthy families. They got married in a small private ceremony in 2008 and have two kids together.

You probably recognize billionaire wife Julie Chen from her job as a news anchor on CBS. While Chen probably makes a solid income on CBS network, her husband Leslie Moonves really brings home the bacon. Moonves made his $70 million fortune as the co-president of Viacom. He has also had many executive positions at CBS. Maybe Julie and Leslie got to see each other during the day at CBS? Either way, the couple is happily married in Beverly Hills and they have one son together.

Many people refer to Mackenzie Bezos as Mrs. Amazon because she is married to Amazon’s founder and cheif executive officer, Jeff Bezos. Jeff and Mackenzie already have more than $84.4 billion in the bank and the fortune continues to grow and grow. Jeff and Mackenzie met and married in 1993 way before he won the jackpot with Amazon. The couple married after Mackenzie and Jeff finished school at Princeton University together. After they married, the couple had four children together.

Irina Viner-Usmanova has a lot more going for her than her husband’s bank account. While her husband of 25 years, Alisher Usmanov has earned a fortune as a Russian businessman, Irina has a lot more to brag about. Irina is the head coach of the national Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Team and she is one of the most successful coaches of all time! She was even given the prestigious Olympic Order Award is recognition of her achievements in rhythmic gymnastics. 

The famous fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg does not need anyone else’s money to make a comfortable living for herself as she is already a millionaire on her own. However, in 2001 when she married media mogul Barry Diller and together they are worth quite a lot! Diller is the senior executive of Expedia Inc. and is worth around $3.1 billion. The couple had been friends for 35 years before finally becoming husband and wife in 2001. Despite living in different areas of Manhatten, the couple is happy together.

When Lisa Najeed Halaby also known as Queen Noor of Jordan found herself widowed after King Hussein passed away from cancer in 1999,  she wasn’t sure if she would marry again. Then she met world’s richest man, Carlos Slim Heli who also found himself a widower in 1999, after his wife died. Is it a coincidence that both of Lisa and Carlos found themselves widowed within the same year? Either way, we can be happy for the couple because they seem great together.

Susan’s last name gives it all away! Yes, she is the woman behind the founder of Dell Computers, Michael Dell. Michael and Susan have been happily married since 1989, and they live with their four children together in Austin, Texas. They love to use their great fortune of $20.8 billion for charitable work. They established the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation one year after they married to focus on giving on giving to children with health problems and families with economic issues.

Ameera Al-Taweel, a Saudi Arabian princess and philanthropist was not born into wealth. She had a humble upbringing and was raised by her divorced mother and her grandparents. All of that changed when she met 61-year-old billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal while she was interviewing him for a school paper. When the couple officially tied the knot, her fortune quickly expanded to $17.7 billion. The 28 year age difference proved to be too much and the couple divorced in 2013.

Christina Estrada, a Pirelli Calendar model, hit the jackpot when she married Saudi billionaire businessman Sheikh Walid Juffali, who is worth a whopping $5.2 billion. Even after he lost $75 million from the divorce settlement with his first wife, Juffali still had plenty of money to spend on his second wife Christina. Juffali and Estrada got married in 2001 but the marriage only lasted 13 years. In 2014, the couple divorced. Sadly, Juffali passed away two years after their divorce but married a 25-year-old model before he passed.

Princess Charlene of Monaco has lived a very glamorous and exciting life before she married the multi-billionaire Prince of Monaco, Albert II. Charlene was a competitive Olympic swimmer. Then in 2011, Charlene married Prince Albert II, the son of one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses, Grace Kelly, and Charlene became a princess. A couple of years after the royal wedding, Charlene gave birth to twins who will probably inherit quite a fortune, since Albert is one of the wealthiest royals in the world.

Kirsty Bertarelli, former Miss UK, found herself in a very comfortable life in Switzerland after marrying her billionaire husband Ernesto Bertarelli. Bertarelli made his money after buying Serrano, a biotech firm. Now Bertarelli has a net worth of around $8.6 billion! Kirsty and Ernesto met while they were both on vacation in Italy back in 1997. The tied the knot in 2000. The couple likes to spend most of their time with their three children out on the shores of Lake Geneva.

The beautiful Australian model Miranda Kerr was already living the high life before she married the self-made billionaire and Snapchat co-founder, Evan Spiegel. The Victoria’s Secret Angel had a lucrative modeling career before she fell in love with Speigel, but he obviously made her life even richer. The couple became engaged in July 2016 and said their vows on May 27, 2017. Before Spiegel, Kerr dated other high-profile men. A few years earlier, she married actor Orlando Bloom and had one child with him.

Melinda Gates does not need much of introduction. It is no surprise she met her billionaire husband, Bill Gates, while she was working as a Microsoft employee. They have been together for more than twenty years and they are stronger than ever. As a couple, Bill and Melinda are all about giving back. They have pledged to donate at least half of their wealth over the course of their lives and that is no small sum. Bill Gates has a net worth upward of  $88.5 billion!

Before Ricky Anne Loew-Beer married the famous fashion designer and billionaire Ralph Lauren, she lived a very humble life. The couple met while she was working as a receptionist in a doctor’s office and also teaching dance part-time. Six months after meeting, the couple got married in 1964. Later on, Ricky and Lauren had three children. Since the family fortune has grown over the years to around $6 billion, the Lauren family can truly enjoy their time at the multiple homes they have around the U.S.

Salma Hayek made a name for herself in Hollywood long before she married François-Henri Pinault, the CEO of Kering who is worth around $19.5 billion. Hayek and Pinault’s relationship began 2006. Shortly after the relationship became public, it was confirmed that Hayek was pregnant. That same month, the couple also announced their engagement. After Salma gave birth to their daughter Valentina, the couple officially married in Paris in 2009. Right after the wedding, things got rocky when Pinault was named in a paternity case, although he denied allegations.

Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg are proof that Hollywood love stories can exist. Capshaw met her husband while he was directing Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and she was playing Willie Scott. Spark flew on set and Spielberg could not deny the connection they shared. Capshaw converted to Judaism and the couple married in 1991. Both came into the marriage with kids of their own, so just like the Brady Bunch, Capshaw and Speilberg combined their families to make a total of seven kids!

Yekaterina Domankova, the gorgeous Victoria’s Secret model met Anton Zingarevich, a Russian billionaire, back in 2008. Zingarevich is the son of another Russian multi-billionaire and is also the former owner of Reading Football Club. When they got together, both Domankova and Zingarevich were at the peak of their careers. Yekaterina had just earned the title as a Ford Supermodel at the same time that Reading became a Barclays Premier League. They married one year later and quickly grew their family with one more child.

Gabi Holzwarth was a talented violinist before she started dating Travis Kalanick, the billionaire CEO of Uber. Once Gabi started dating the multi-billionaire, her life became very public. Since her life became an open book, she has tried to use her new platform for good. For years before she met Kalanick, Gabi struggled with family abuse and an eating disorder. Now Gabi is using her exposure to talk openly about these issues by sharing her story and bringing attention to them.

Penny Knight has been by her husband’s side since long before they were blessed with fame and fortune. Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, met his wife while he was still working at Portland State University. The young couple got married a couple years later in 1968. Back then, Phil was selling running shoes from his car and never imagined that he would be the 15th richest person in the entire world! Now Phil and Penny make sure to give a lot of their money to charity.

Hope Dworaczyk was making it big in the modeling world before she fell in love with Robert F. Smith, the founder of Vista Equity Partners. Hope was a former Playboy model and even earned the title of Playmate of the year. When Hope and Robert met, their 22 year age gap didn’t seem to bother them at all. They fell in love and got married in 2015. Right before they tied the knot, Hope delivered the couple’s first child, a son named Hendrix.

Even though billionaire Salman Rushdie does not have the best track record with relationships, he decided to give marriage a fourth try after he fell in love with Padma Lakshmi. Padma was already well established as an actress, model, and author. Most people recognize Lakshmi from her time as the host of Top Chef.  Unfortunately after three years of marriage, the couple split.  Rushdie quickly moved on and is currently dating model Riya Sen. Maybe she will be lucky wife number five!

It should be noted that Elle Macpherson was doing well for herself in her own right before she married billionaire real estate developer, Jeffrey Soffer in 2013. The Australian model and businesswoman made a name for herself after she graced the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue five times! It’s no surprise that Soffer was not the first billionaire who was after Macpherson’s heart. Before meeting Jeffrey, Elle had been engaged to another billionaire, Arpad Busson, who she had two children with.