MacKenzie Bezos, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo’s now ex-wife, announced Thursday morning their divorce has been finalized.
In January, the two said they were divorcing after a 25-year marriage, which played a role in the creation of Amazon.
The couple even tried what Jeff Bezos said was a “long period of loving exploration and trial separation,” before divorcing.
In a tweet Thursday, MacKenzie Bezos said in part: “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness, looking forward to next phase as co-parents and friends.”
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Jeff Bezos also tweeted, and part of his statement reads: “I’m grateful for her support and for her (MacKenzie) kindness in this process and am very much looking forward to our new relationship as friends and co-parts.”
In a January tweet, they both said, “If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again.”
Somewhat left unanswered was how the assets amassed during the marriage would be divided.
MacKenzie Bezos also said in Thursday's tweet, “Happy to be giving him (Jeff) all of my interests in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, and 75% of our Amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies. Excited about my own plans."
Jeff Bezos is ranked at the top of most lists of the world's wealthiest people, and his fortune currently hovers around $137 billion, according to estimates by both Forbes and Bloomberg. Virtually all of that is tied up in the nearly 79 million shares of Amazon stock (currently worth about $130 billion) that Bezos owns, translating into a 16 percent stake in the Seattle company. Bezos, 54, also owns aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company Blue Origin, as well as The Washington Post, which he bought for $250 million in 2013.
Information from the Associated Press is included in this report.
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