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posted by martyb on Sunday July 07 2019, @09:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the breaking-up-is-hard-to-do dept.

Jeff Bezos: World's richest man agrees $35bn divorce

The world's richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and his wife MacKenzie have agreed [to] a record-breaking divorce settlement of at least $35bn (£27bn). Ms Bezos keeps a 4% stake in the online retail giant, worth $35.6bn on its own.

[...] Prior to the settlement, Mr Bezos held a 16.3% stake in Amazon. He will retain 75% of that holding but Ms Bezos has transferred all of her voting rights to her former husband. She will also give up her interests in the Washington Post newspaper and Mr Bezos' space travel firm Blue Origin.

Amazon is now [a] vast online retail business. Last year, it generated sales of $232.8bn and it has helped Mr Bezos and his family amass a fortune of $131bn, according to Forbes magazine.

[...] The divorce deal dwarfs a previous $3.8bn record set in 1999 by art dealer Alec Wildenstein and his wife Jocelyn, who became well-known for her cosmetic surgery.

MacKenzie Bezos (soon to be MacKenzie Tuttle?):

She is now the third-richest woman in the world, as well as one of the wealthiest overall.

Also at USA Today.

See also: MacKenzie Bezos to give half of her $36 billion fortune to charity

Previously: Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO Worth $137 Billion, to Divorce Wife of 25 Years
Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail
The Story Behind the Instant Classic "Bezos Exposes Pecker" Headline
Saudi Arabia's Government Allegedly Hacked Into Jeff Bezos's Phone


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  • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Monday July 08 2019, @07:09PM (3 children)

    by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Monday July 08 2019, @07:09PM (#864640) Journal

    Plastic lid?? Cheapskate!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @08:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @08:31PM (#864686)

    They now have all stainless public toilets (Sonoma, CA has one that also UV sanitizes between uses.)

    A stainless toilet seat and a solid gold toilet would give you the best of both worlds. However, you might want to look into dissimilar metal issues because either the Steel, Gold, or the non-plastic pipes may corrode as a result of the electrical potential differences between them.

  • (Score: 2) by sgleysti on Tuesday July 09 2019, @01:35AM (1 child)

    by sgleysti (56) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 09 2019, @01:35AM (#864805)

    Solid metal would feel too cold/hot depending on the temperature differential. It's a comfort thing. What good is a solid gold toilet if you can't even shit in comfort on it?

    • (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Tuesday July 09 2019, @02:36AM

      by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Tuesday July 09 2019, @02:36AM (#864821) Journal

      If you can afford a gold toilet, you can afford to have the seat temperature controlled. And have it motorized so you don’t have to worry about lifting and lowering it!