MacKenzie Bezos, wife of the world’s richest man and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for 26 years, is set to walk away from her husband with a whopping $38 billion in the world’s biggest divorce settlement. The couple, who have four children, finalised their divorce in April in what was reported as the biggest divorce settlement in history, entitling MacKenzie to 25 per cent of couple’s joint Amazon stocks worth around $ 38 billion, the report said. Even with the settlement, Jeff will be the richest individual in the world with an estimated net worth of $118 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. “This is because despite his soon-to-be ex-wife walking away with a 4% stake in Amazon, she has voluntarily ceded her voting rights to Jeff Bezos,” said the report on Tuesday. The pair first announced plans to separate in January following reports of Jeff cheating on his wife, claims that he denied later.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2019 08:59 UTC