MacKenzie Worth $35 Billion After Finalizing Divorce With Jeff Bezos

On Thursday, Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos announced that they have finalized their divorce, where MacKenzie will get 4 percent of Amazon’s stock.

This means MacKenzie will be among the four biggest shareholders at Amazon and 30 richest people in the world, with a net worth of $35 billion.

Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos will keep 12 percent of Amazon’s stock. With this, he is still the largest shareholder at Amazon and the richest person across the globe. Now, his net worth will be approximately $115 billion, which is still $10 billion higher than Bill Gates. In addition, MacKenzie agreed to let him keep voting control of her shares. Before this arrangement, Jeff Bezos held 16 percent of the company’s stocks. Plus, he will also get MacKenzie’s interests in Blue Origin and the Washington Post, as per her will.

On the same day, MacKenzie tweeted that he's excited about his plans and expressed greatfulness for the past.

After the announcement, there was little change in Amazon’s stocks. The company’s representatives refused to make comments on this story.

A filing with the SEC suggests that the pair filed a divorce petition on Thursday, expecting a divorce decree to be issued within the next 90 days, which will close the Jeff Bezos divorce. Once MacKenzie gives her shares to a charity that will sell them or sells in the open market by herself, they won’t be under Jeff Bezos’ control anymore.

But if MacKenzie transfers the shares in any other way, they will remain under the voting control of Jeff Bezos, according to the filing. The arrangement will only change under his approval or upon a determination of legal incapacity or the death of Bezos. The arrangement including MacKenzie's agreement to let her ex-husband control her shares has cleared up about the companies' future.