Amazon boss: divorce Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos

Jeff Bezos is single again – and his ex will soon be the richest woman on the planet?

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and the richest man in the world, could theoretically lose half of his $ 137 billion XXL assets. The 54-year-old and his six-year-old wife are divorced after 25 years of marriage.

What lawyers specializing in divorce law should not be happy: it does not look like a war of roses. On the contrary. Both spouses write in a joint statement released Wednesday night on Twitter:

And the Internet like this:

Through Twitter, both give the impression of a mutual separation: "We had a wonderful life as a married couple and we are also looking forward to a wonderful future as parents, friends and partners in companies and projects" . Family and close friends knew about the planned divorce for some time.

It could be expensive …

For the Amazon boss, the divorce could be very expensive if the couple before the separation had made the appropriate arrangements. According to media reports, Washington State is one of nine United States where assets are divided after a separation of both spouses. Bezos had moved the headquarters of the Amazon to Washington because corporate taxes were particularly low there.

According to media reports, MacKenzie Bezos, 48, a writer, had played an important role in promoting her husband in the founding of Amazon. The two had fallen in love in 1992 when she was working for him in New York. Only a year later, the couple said yes.

The Bezos have four children, three sons and one adopted daughter from China. The fortune of the founder of the Amazon was estimated at about 136 billion dollars. Amazon is reputed to be the world's most valuable publicly traded company, surpassing Apple, Google and Microsoft.

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