Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Photo / Getty Images
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world's richest man, is to pay $38bn (NZ$56.53 billion) to settle the divorce with his wife of nearly 26 years, MacKenzie Bezos.
A judge is expected to rubber-stamp the world's most expensive divorce settlement this week, confirming an agreement which will see
Ms Bezos, taking a 4 per cent stake in the online shopping behemoth.
The couple, who have four children, married in 1993, before Mr Bezos set up Amazon from his garage in Seattle.
Ms Bezos, 49, who will become the world's fourth richest woman, has promised she will hand over at least half the settlement to charity.
