The wealthiest person in the world and his wife are getting a divorce after 25 years of marriage, according to a joint statement released on Bezos’s Twitter account Wednesday morning. (Vox)
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The wealthiest person in the world and his wife are getting a divorce after 25 years of marriage, according to a joint statement released on Bezos’s Twitter account Wednesday morning. (Vox)
Talking point: The divorce could be “the most expensive” in history, due to Washington state’s divorce laws, according to CNBC. State laws suggest all property and debt amassed during a marriage is evenly divided by the court if the couple cannot negotiate a deal. That means MacKenzie could be entitled to half of Bezos’s money: US$69 billion. A settlement would also require him to sell some of the 80 million Amazon shares he currently owns. That would then dilute his ownership and control of the company, which would also be a symbolic move, as Bezos has been the face of the company since he founded it in 1996.
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