Two Divorces, Ten Children And A $2 Billion Fortune: Meet The Utah Couple Behind An E-Commerce Empire

On September 19 last year, the husband-and-wife cofounders of e-commerce company Pattern, David Wright and Melanie Alder, walked up together to the NASDAQ podium in Times Square—both dressed in black button-up shirts and custom blue and purple Nike Air Forces.

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