Jeff Bezos’ Divorce Finalizes, MacKenzie Walks Away With $38 Billion

San Francisco: As Amazon turned 25, its Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ divorce from MacKenzie Bezos — his wife of 25 years — was finalized when a judge signed an order for separation and making MacKenzie richer by a whopping $38 billion. Bezos gets roughly $1.52 billion a year since she got married to the Amazon Founder and CEO.

According to a Bloomberg report, a King County judge in Washington (Seattle) signed an order on Friday setting the stage for the transfer of 19.7 million shares of Amazon.com (4 per cent holding that is valued at $38 billion) to MacKenzie. The moolah takes her to the 22nd place on the ‘Bloomberg Billionaires Index’ — a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people. Jeff has retained 12 per cent stake (59.1 million shares) worth $114.8 billion in Amazon, still making him the richest man on Earth. The Bezos’ couple finalised their divorce in April in what was reported as the biggest divorce settlement in history. MacKenzie has decided to donate half of her $38 billion worth alimony to investor Warren Buffett’’s philanthropic campaign — the Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge, founded in 2010 by Buffet along with Bill and Melinda Gates, has drawn 204 billionaire pledgers, including WhatsApp Co-founder Brian Acton, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. (IANS)

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