Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos were married for 25 years. Photo/Getty Images.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, announced Thursday a divorce settlement that will leave him with 75 per cent of their Amazon stock and all of their joint holdings in The Washington Post and a space-exploration company, Blue Origin.
He will retain voting power over all of
the Amazon voting shares the couple once owned together.
The announcement from the Bezos - coming in a tweet from MacKenzie that was retweeted by Jeff - settled a closely watched matter of corporate governance affecting one of the world's richest companies, with a market capitalisation of US$890 billion.
Together the couple owned 78.8 million shares, or about 16 per cent of the company.
Business Insider estimates that MacKenzie will be left with $35.6 billion while Jeff will retain a $106.7 billion stake in the company.
