Posted on 01/09/2019 1:35:25 PM PST by NRx
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and wife Mackenzie announce divorce Amazon's Jeff Bezos and wife Mackenzie announce divorce 6 Hours Ago | 04:07
Jeff Bezos' divorce could become the most expensive in history — exactly what he pays out will depend on the complexities of marital law and the value of Amazon.
Bezos announced in a tweet Wednesday that he and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, have "decided to divorce." His tweet suggested that it will be an amicable parting, saying "we remain a family and we remain cherished friends."
And it's possible that any settlement and support he gives MacKenzie is negligible in the context of his wealth, which at the latest tally was around $137 billion.
But Washington state, where the Bezoses live, is a community property state. That means that any wealth made during their marriage could be split equally between the two. Since Amazon was founded a year after the Bezoses were married, MacKenzie could argue that she is entitled to half of Bezos' entire Amazon-based fortune. That means she could get as much as $66 billion based on the value of the company today.
To fund a settlement that big, Bezos would have sell or pledge shares, which could dilute his ownership and control of the company. Bezos owns just under 80 million shares of Amazon, or just under 16 percent of the company, according to regulatory filings.
But divorce attorneys say that is highly likely MacKenzie would want the family fortune to continue to grow — and that is tied in large part to Jeff Bezos' control of the company. So she would be unlikely to push for a settlement that would require him to sell shares that would dilute his control — and any reduction of his stake in the company.
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Nah, couldn't be that. Everybody knows THAT. Besides, even if he is, wouldn't being married to that transsexual be just the ticket?
The question is backward.
Why should she get half that fortune? She had nothing to do with creating it.
She should be happy for the time she lived that life when she was there. Now she should go live whatever life she is capable of producing.
How much? Who knows (or cares). However much it is, she will never have to work again and will be able to do pretty much whatever she wants.
the dems will say she is smart enough to be president,,
seriesly ..‡
It was stated in the article that they have lived in a community property state. Are you suggesting that the law of that state be ignored or just stating you don’t like it?
Hopefully nothing.
What did she do?
Run her mouth and occasionally take off her clothes?
Give her fifty bucks and run her down the road.
Or maybe, just maybe, the man running a $135 billion dollar company was never home and the wife got sick of it (as anyone married would)
No sport. I’m suggesting that she had nothing to do with creating that fortune. So it’s an insanity of our society that she should get the glom onto the fortune of a high-performing man.
Just saying the laws written that way doesn’t make it right morally.
She will receive
1/2
.50
50%
Half
$67.5 billion
HALF!
Should she treat him like a Amazon employee?
Not only keep her Prime membership, Jeff agreed to not raise her rates for ten years!
She deserves half legally and morally.
Accountant, LOL. Every family business I know who has a no-talent female lets her balance the checkbook every month and calls her the accountant. And whelping three children doesn’t make her worth 60 billion dollars. She’s glomming onto the fortune but she had almost no role in creating. It would exist even if she hadn’t. She doesn’t deserve anything more
“no-talent female”
Lots of us are misogynist to one degree or another.
She gets half. Men should realize this before they get married.
” And whelping three children doesn’t make her worth 60 billion dollars.”
Whelping?
You obviously are not a fan of mothers.
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