Last night, the dust settled! On April 4 local time, Mackenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff & middot; Bezos, tweeted the division of their property. So how is the divorce property of the world's richest man divided? Let's get to know.
On the face of it, the result is not as half share as the media had expected.
McKenzie & middot; Bezos, his ex-wife, will take a 25% (about 4%) stake in Amazon, which is worth nearly $36 billion (about rmb240 billion) at Thursday's local time trading price. Become the third richest woman in the world.
According to the previous media estimates, if the married couple's property is divided in half according to the law of Washington state, Mackenzie may get up to 66 billion US dollars, becoming the fifth richest person in the world and the latest richest woman in the world.
Bezos is jointly owned by the Washington Post, blue origin, a space exploration company, and Amazon, a 75% stake (about 12% of the total).
It also means that Amazon's control is not lost, and Bezos is still the richest man in the world. Its remaining shares in Amazon are worth nearly $108 billion at Thursday's share price.
Under state law, the Bezos would have to wait 90 days to file a divorce agreement with the court for approval.
In addition to shares in Amazon, the Washington Post and blue genesis, Jeffrey & middot; Bezos and McKenzie also share various shares in companies such as airbnb and Uber. In addition, the relationship between the two people, including the luxury houses in Bellevue and Beverly Hills, Washington; the largest private house in Washington, D.C.; the ranch in Texas and several apartments in New York City, has not been disclosed.
In addition to the property division, McKenzie wrote on twitter, "thank you for completing the divorce process with Geoffrey and getting the blessing from each other and related people. Thank you for the past, and I look forward to the next stage, because I look forward to what will happen next. '
Bezos tweeted back to McKenzie, saying: 'she's an extraordinary partner, friend and mother. She is resourceful, talented and loving, and I know I will always learn from her. '
From the previous exposure, Mackenzie has been relatively low-key, focusing on his own novel writing and raising children. They have four children. The couple have three sons and a daughter from China. The oldest son is 18 years old and the youngest daughter is 13 years old.
Their divorce agreement also ends the public farce Amazon and its founders have avoided for four months.
The model couple unexpectedly announced their divorce
On January 9 this year, Bezos suddenly announced on twitter that he and his wife Mackenzie had reached a peaceful breakup, ending their 25-year marriage.
In the eyes of the outside world, their relationship has always been very good. Eight months ago, Bezos also publicly showed his love. On April 24, 2018, at a lecture held in Berlin, Bezos recalled his entrepreneurial process. When he talked about his wife Mackenzie, he couldn't stop: "my wife is a gifted novelist, and the Nobel Prize winner is her teacher & hellip;"
Mackenzie is a writer who has published many novels. She met Bezos at D.E. Shaw, an investment management firm. McKenzie was a research assistant at the time, while Bezos was already a vice president. Both of them were Princeton graduates, and they got married a few months after they met.
In 1994, the couple quit their jobs and went to Seattle to start a business and start Amazon. Mackenzie was Amazon's accountant at the time and one of the company's first employees.
Not to mention the news about the infidelity of the richest man, this is the most expensive divorce in history, which has made the science and technology circle lament and caused a great disturbance in the investment circle. At that time, Bezos's personal wealth had reached $137 billion and owned 16% of Amazon.
Since then, the national inquirer, an American gossip magazine, reported that Bezos had an affair with Lauren Sanchez, a former Los Angeles TV anchor.
Since then, Bezos has had a public fight with American media Inc., the parent company of the national inquirer. He also hinted that because he owned the Washington Post, the leak might have been politically motivated.
The US media company denied the charges, saying that Michael Sanchez, Sanchez's brother, was the 'only source' of his investigation information and that 'no other third party was involved'.
Despite so many dramatic events, the divorce of the richest man is still in rapid progress. Instead of going to court, the two sides agreed to divorce.
Since ancient times, it has always been easy to share weal and woe, but hard to be rich and noble. While money may be just a number to Bezos, control of companies like Amazon and the Washington Post is obviously more important.
Such a result can also be regarded as a perfect end to the 100 billion yuan divorce case. In the process, the calm and restraint shown by the couple greatly weakened the negative impact on the company and family.
Bezos will continue his road to the richest man and become a symbol of the Internet age. And I believe that McKenzie, an excellent woman, will, as she said, 'have a future worth looking forward to'.