Energy magnate Michael Polsky

5. Michael and Maya Polsky - $184 million

According to court records, the couple married in the Ukraine in 1975, coming to the US in 1976 with "only four suitcases and $500 in cash".

After sighting irreconcilable difference in 2003, Maya Polsky filed for divorce from energy magnate Michael Polsky. In October 2006 a Chicago judge said Mrs Polsky was entitled to at least half of the couple's assets.

能源大亨麦克波斯基和妻子是1975年在乌克兰注册结婚的，1976年他们带着500美金和一个箱子来到了美国。而有的人就是注定能共苦不能同甘，2006年他们离婚时波斯基太太分走了老公一半的财产：一亿八千四百万美金。