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Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO Worth $137 Billion, to Divorce Wife of 25 Years

posted by Snow on Wednesday January 09 2019, @09:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the prenups-are-very-high-IQ dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/jeff-bezos-amazon-ceo-worth-137-billion-to-divorce-wife-of-25-years

"Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years of marriage, the Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner has announced, potentially leading to the costliest divorce settlement in history with $137 billion at stake."

The richest man in the world, currently worth about $137 billion, according to Bloomberg, made the divorce announcement on Wednesday on his Twitter.

[...]The split could lead [to] the costliest divorce is[sic] history, even if the couple doesn’t divide the money equally. There are no reports indicating the couple has a prenuptial agreement, meaning the wealth accumulated during their marriage would have to be split evenly.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @03:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @03:20PM (#784511)

    Salary... For a very long time Jeff Bezos set his salary at a very low amount and took most of his compensation in stock. Even today, his salary is small compared to most CEOs, with stock and other benefits being the majority of his compensation.

    Jeff's net worth is mostly in Amazon stock, not cash.

  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday January 10 2019, @05:03PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Thursday January 10 2019, @05:03PM (#784550)

    Salary, stock - doesn't actually make much difference - either way it's a wealth transfer (though stock provides more incentive for longer-term performance - at least long enough to be able to sell.)