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Jeff Bezos Will Lose $38.8 Billion Over His Divorce
The businessman, executive director of the well-known Amazon website, will have to pay the enormous amount of $38.8 billion US dollars to be able to divorce his current wife.
The billionaire couple announced their separation through Twitter in January of this year, but it is not until now that it begins to materialize.
The court in charge of the divorce of Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Bezos has determined that Mackenzie Bezos will keep 19.7 million shares of Amazon, which is equivalent to $38.8 billion dollars.
19.7 million shares of this gigantic company, represents only 4% of its total.
Possible loss of control of the company by Jeff
There is a scenario in which the current CEO of Amazon can lose control of his own company, it is well known by all that these types of multi-million dollar companies never belong to a single person, they are spread over many people who have a certain power over the company depending on how many shares they have.
Mackenzie Bezos can sell her shares to whomever she wants and this could trigger a catastrophe if the wrong person gets hold of these shares. For the fortune of the company, Mackenzie has made it public that he will not sell his shares and that he will also allow Jeff Bezos to control them. Mackenzie has also announced that he will donate half of his new fortune to charity, specifically the Giving Pledge charity, which is owned by billionaires Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, two of the world's richest men.
However, Jeff Bezos is still the world's richest man. The founder and CEO of Amazon has a fortune of more than $158.2 billion. Almost nothing.
The divorce didn't go as badly as many expected, luckily Jeff and Mackenzie decided to end it all in a mature way. What do you think?.
