Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, said on Twitter Thursday that they had finalized the details of their divorce. Mr. Bezos will keep 75 percent of the couple’s Amazon stock, and all of their ownership of The Washington Post and the Blue Origin space company, Ms. Bezos wrote. Mr. Bezos will also have “sole voting authority” over Ms. Bezos’s Amazon shares, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. After the divorce, Ms. Bezos will own roughly 4 percent of Amazon, a stake that was worth almost $36 billion on Thursday. By keeping 75 percent of the couple’s Amazon shares, or about 12 percent of the company, Mr. Bezos would most likely remain the richest person in the world.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2019 17:32 UTC