Just days after Amazon finally seized the mantle of world’s most-valuable company – surpassing Microsoft and Apple – CEO Jeff Bezos, currently the world’s richest man with a net worth of roughly $170 billion, has released some surprising – though not entirely unexpected – news: He’s getting a divorce.
Bezos revealed during a tweet on Wednesday that after a trial separation, he and his wife MacKenzie would be seeking a divorce – though he insisted that the two would “remain friends.” The two recently launched a charitable organization to help the homeless and specifically homeless children.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 9, 2019
Bezos also said that though they will be exploring new “ventures and adventures” separately, the pair, who have four kids – three sons and a daughter – together, would “remain a family.”
The two have been together for 25 years, which means their union is about as old as Amazon itself, which Bezos founded in 1994. It’s unclear whether MacKenzie and Jeff signed a prenup.
But assuming for a minute that they didn’t and she successfully wins half of his assets, the 50% expected hit to Bezos’ net worth would lead him to drop from world’s richest to world’s fifth-richest man behind Bernard Arnault.
While the factors behind the divorce are unclear, it’s worth noting that Bezos’ physical transformation from an impish nerd to a body builder with swollen biceps received a lot of media attention last year.
Perhaps he’s looking over at fellow tech CEO Jack Dorsey and wondering if the grass may in fact be greener on the other side.
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