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Michael and Maya Polski.
The size of the compensation: $ 184 million. Natives of the USSR Michael and Maya Polski married in the early 1970s in Kiev.
When in 1976 the spouses emigrated to the United States, their property consisted of four suitcases and $ 500 in cash for two. In the mid-1980s, Michael created SkyGen Energy, which later became one of the largest electricity producers in America. Maya first led a household, and then opened an art gallery. The couple divorced 30 years after moving to the United States.