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6. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

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Mark Zuckerberg is one of the biggest names in tech today, having made a fortune with the now ubiquitous site Facebook. Before he was a tech superstar, however, he was just a regular student at Harvard. It was there that he met his current girlfriend Priscilla Chan. The pair met at a party while waiting in line for the bathroom, with Chan describing Zuckerberg as “this nerdy guy who was just a little bit out there.” After Zuckerberg left Harvard to work on Facebook he offered her a job at the tech company and she accepted. The rest is history, as the couple now lives together and still works together at the billion dollar company he founded.

 

7. Stephen and Tabitha King

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When it comes to popular literature, there are few names that loom as large as Stephen King’s. He’s written numerous novels, short stories, and other works during his career and is one of the most successful authors of all time in terms of sales. His wife has had a successful writing career as well, though perhaps not as high profile as her husband’s. The couple met while students at the University of Maine. Tabitha had a work-study job at the school’s library and met Stephen when he came in. The couple began dating and had their first child together in 1970, the same year they graduated.

 

8. Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman

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There aren’t many celebrities who are married to college sweethearts, but this star of movies and TV is an exception. Elizabeth Banks met Max Handelman at the University of Pennsylvania on their first day of school in the fall of 1992. They dated throughout college and beyond, marrying in 2003 after more than 10 years of dating. Today, both Banks and Handelman have thriving careers. She’s well-known for her acting and he’s a successful sportswriter and producer.

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9. Zadie Smith and Nick Laird

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British novelist Zadie Smith has written a number of award-winning and highly successful novels as has her novelist and poet husband Nick Laird. These literary superstars met while attending Cambridge, where both majored in English. The two married in 2004 and now have one child together.

10. Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric

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Einstein enrolled in a mathematics and physics program at Zurich Polytechnic in 1896. It was there that he would meet his first wife, Mileva Maric, who was also enrolled in the school as the only woman in the program. Over the next few years of school, their relationship would change from friendship to romance, and they would marry after graduation in 1903. On a scandalous note (at the time), the two had their first child before they were married and would go on to have two more children before separating in 1914 and later divorcing. Some historians believe that Maric helped Einstein write his famous 1905 papers, but the issue has never, nor will likely ever, be put to rest.

In Kenya, we have a few celebrity couples that met in college including Nameless and Wahu, Yafesi and Joyce Musoke and Kanji Mbugua and Mwendie. Any other we can add to this list? we can compile a comprehensive list when we interview them.

By Samantha Gray

 

www.positivepressagency.com

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  1. Caroline

    February 23, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    So sweet…

  2. sam JKUAT

    March 1, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    wow!!! lets see tha next move. watch ma pace..

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