Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Announces Divorce From Wife

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that he and his wife of 25 years are divorcing.

According to CNBC:

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are divorcing.

The billionaire executive and his wife of 25 years announced the news Wednesday — three days before his 55th birthday — in a tweet signed by both of them. They have four children.

“We want to make people aware of a development in our lives. 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 tweet says.

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— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 9, 2019

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MacKenzie Bezos, a 48-year-old novelist, is often cited in the Amazon origin story as having supported her husband’s move off of Wall Street and into e-commerce.

This could become one of the costliest divorces in history as Bezos is worth in excess of $140 billion.

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