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.
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. Last year, Jeff Bezos said in an interview with his brother Mark at the SummitLA conference that he was looking for a resourceful woman "who could get [him]
out of a third-world prison" as he was going through a series of blind dates before he met MacKenzie.The divorce could hold implications for the ownership structure of Amazon, where Mr. Bezos is the largest shareholder with a 16.3% stake, according to the company’s latest proxy filed in April 2018.
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie are the parents to four children. Three of them are sons, and the fourth is a daughter adopted from China, according to CNN. In 2013, the children ranged in age from seven to 12, Vogue reports. Their eldest son is named Preston Bezos. You can see a picture of the children here.
Although it’s not clear what led to the couple’s split, MacKenzie told Vogue Magazine in 2013 that she and her husband were opposites in some ways.
Bezos’s Parents Broke Up When He Was Young & His Stepfather, a Cuban Refugee, Adopted Him.
Will MacKenzie receive a fortune in the divorce? CNBC reports that it’s definitely possible – and even likely – because the couple made their home in Washington, a community property state. “That means that any wealth made during their marriage could be split equally between the two,” the site noted, adding that Amazon “was founded a year after the Bezoses were married,” which will give her more of a claim most likely.
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Okwy Maria
I heard Bossman Bezos was caught cheating with a family friend ex-wife, now he wants to wife her hence the divorce.
Endy Edeson
@Maria Okwy. You are right. Here is the full story.
It has emerged that the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos’ marriage has crashed and a serious divorce in the loom.
According to report, the Amazon Boss and his wife are separating over his affair with a mistress who he reportedly exchange sex chats with during the time of their relationship.
Among media exchanged between the duo were shirtless selfies, a photo of his genitals, steamy text messages and more to married Lauren Sanchez while they carried on an eight month affair that sometimes saw them hook up in both their marital homes, in hotels and in private jets.
The relationship between Amazon billionaire and his mistress, TV host Lauren Sanchez, has been going on long before Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie decided to divorce.
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie seen in September heading to Senator McCain’s funeral
Jeff, 54, and Lauren’s relationship involved private jet rendezvous, intimate dinners and sleepovers at each other’s marital homes, it has been claimed. They also stayed in hotels together, including one in Boston hours after the rest of the Bezos family had left the hotel.
It was claimed the family was in town to attend Bezos’ son’s graduation from MIT. While they were at the ceremony, Sanchez, it is claimed, was put in a room in the same hotel where they were occupying a private suite. Once the family left, Bezos is reported to have stayed and loved-in with Sanchez until the following day.
The National Enquirer magazine followed the love birds for four months after snapping Lauren Sanchez and her sister getting off Bezos’ private jet in October.
The Enquirer claims that Bezos only announced his divorce on Wednesday morning because he knew they were about to expose his affair with Sanchez.
The magazine also alleges that Jeff Bezos desperately tried to stop them from running its series of photographs which document their affair, and he even asked one friend: ‘Can’t I buy the story from them?’
MacKenzie,
It has emerged that the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos’ marriage has crashed and a serious divorce in the loom.
According to report, the Amazon Boss and his wife are separating over his affair with a mistress who he reportedly exchange sex chats with during the time of their relationship.
Among media exchanged between the duo were shirtless selfies, a photo of his genitals, steamy text messages and more to married Lauren Sanchez while they carried on an eight month affair that sometimes saw them hook up in both their marital homes, in hotels and in private jets.
The relationship between Amazon billionaire and his mistress, TV host Lauren Sanchez, has been going on long before Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie decided to divorce.
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie seen in September heading to Senator McCain’s funeral
Jeff, 54, and Lauren’s relationship involved private jet rendezvous, intimate dinners and sleepovers at each other’s marital homes, it has been claimed. They also stayed in hotels together, including one in Boston hours after the rest of the Bezos family had left the hotel.
It was claimed the family was in town to attend Bezos’ son’s graduation from MIT. While they were at the ceremony, Sanchez, it is claimed, was put in a room in the same hotel where they were occupying a private suite. Once the family left, Bezos is reported to have stayed and loved-in with Sanchez until the following day.
The National Enquirer magazine followed the love birds for four months after snapping Lauren Sanchez and her sister getting off Bezos’ private jet in October.
The Enquirer claims that Bezos only announced his divorce on Wednesday morning because he knew they were about to expose his affair with Sanchez.
The magazine also alleges that Jeff Bezos desperately tried to stop them from running its series of photographs which document their affair, and he even asked one friend: ‘Can’t I buy the story from them?’
MacKenzie,
