MacKenzie Bezos will retain Amazon stock worth more than $35 billion (€31 billion) after her separation from its founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos, in what has been billed as the biggest divorce settlement ever. “Happy to be giving him all of my interests in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, and 75 percent of our Amazon stock,” Ms Bezos said in the tweet. According to Factset, Mr Bezos’s current 16 per cent stake in Amazon is worth $143 billion, making him the world’s richest man. He will hold 12 per cent after the divorce is finalised, worth around $107 billion. Mr Bezos said in a tweet that he was “grateful to all my friends and family for reaching out with encouragement and love.

Source: The Irish Times April 04, 2019 18:00 UTC