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- Billionaire Stewart Butterfield and millionaire Jen Rubio are Silicon Valley’s newest "it" couple.
- Rubio and Butterfield are both cofounders of successful startups. Rubio founded Away luggage in 2015; Butterfield launched Flickr in 2004 and Slack in 2009.
- Butterfield — whose company went public this week — previously proposed to Rubio as a joke on Twitter, which confused employees from both companies.
- Now, as of May 27, the couple has made their engagement official. Here’s what we know about their relationship.
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Stewart Butterfield and Jennifer Rubio are Silicon Valley’s newest "it" power couple.
Rubio and Butterfield, worth $130 million and $1.3 billion respectively, are both cofounders of wildly successful companies. Rubio’s Away luggage brand recently earned a $1.4 billion valuation just three years after it was founded, while Butterfield’s Slack went public this week.
Read more: Here’s who’s getting rich now that Slack is a public company worth over $20 billion
On June 2, Butterfield confirmed in an Instagram post that he had officially proposed. Rubio posted similar photos a few days earlier, on May 27. The news comes just weeks after Butterfield jokingly proposed to Rubio on Twitter. Aside from this stunt — which sparked confusion from coworkers and the broader Silicon Valley network alike on social media — their relationship has remained largely under the radar.
Keep reading for a look at Silicon Valley’s newest engaged power couple.
Stewart Butterfield is the cofounder of Slack and Flickr.
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The 46-year-old billionaire was born in a small British Columbia fishing village. His net worth is now estimated to be over $1.3 billion.
Jen Rubio is the cofounder of the Away luggage brand.
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The millionaire executive turned 30 last year; her net worth is estimated to be $130 million.
Together, the couple is one of the defining "it" couples of Silicon Valley.
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They’re power players in their own right, both running billion-dollar businesses.
Butterfield, who is 16 years Rubio’s senior, continues to make headlines after his company, Slack, went public on June 20. Despite running high-profile companies, much of their relationship has been under the radar.
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Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Marissa Perino)