Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce after 25 years of marriage
Source: USA Today
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos says that he and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years of marriage. "We want to make people aware of a development in our lives," the couple said in a post on Bezos' Twitter account Wednesday. "As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends."
The carefully worded announcement suggests a cordial divorce and one that is unlikely to disrupt or affect Amazon, currently the world's most valuable company, at $810 billion just ahead of Microsoft ($789 billion), according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. It's unclear whether the couple had a prenuptial agreement. But that is unlikely, says Stuart Slotnick, chairman of the matrimonial department of law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in New York City.
"People get prenuptial agreements when they have assets to protect," Slotnick said. "In this case, they had no real assets vis à vis Amazon because when they got married Amazon did not exist."
That doesn't mean the separating couple have not come to an arrangement, he says. In fact, the statement issued by them both "devoid of emotion," Slotnick said, likely suggests "they might already have an agreement
(and) be done essentially." Whatever the agreement, it's unlikely to disrupt Amazon's operations, as that would be counterproductive to an amicable separation, he said. "There would be no reason that the company would be affected by this divorce," Slotnick said.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/09/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wife-mackenzie-divorce-after-25-years/2523544002/
itcfish
(1,828 posts)do you? (j/k)
MLAA
(17,165 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Although I DO care, since I have a bit of Amazon stock. Just a tiny bit.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)hibbing
(10,076 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)A Gynoid.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)along with their lawyers. It's likely to be the most expensive divorce in history.
But not as shameful as how Ivana took Trump to the cleaners
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)It's half hers. That's how it works.
PETRUS
(3,678 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Polybius
(15,239 posts)He gets to be the richest man on the planet again.
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)But it suits both of them to *sound* cordial and keep up the value of their brand.
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)Not important news of national interest.
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Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)Kick.