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World’s Most Expensive Divorce In History: Mackenzie Bezos Is Now The World’s Third-Wealthiest Woman

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The world’s most expensive divorce in recorded history makes MacKenzie Bezos, the estranged wife of Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, the world’s third-wealthiest woman, according to Forbes. She will be worth around $35 billion dollars.

 

On Thursday, the newly single billionaire tweeted the details of what is likely the world’s largest divorce settlement. Here are the terms: Jeff Bezos will transfer 25 percent of his shares in Amazon to his former partner, but retain his voting rights. MacKenzie Bezos will give up any claim to equity in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, the space exploration company founded by Jeff Bezos.

MacKenzie Bezos, a novelist who has kept a relatively low profile tweeted that she was “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness, and look forward to next phase as co-parents and friends,” she wrote in a tweet that was retweeted by her ex-husband.

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