MacKenzie Bezos will receive a 4 percent stake in Amazon, roughly equivalent to $38 billion, as she officially splits from her husband, Jeff Bezos
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos at Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California, US on March, 4, 2018.
Under the agreement, MacKenzie Bezos, 49, will receive approximately 19.7 million Amazon.com shares, giving her a four percent stake in the company valued at $38.3 billion, and landing her at 22nd on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the news service said.Jeff Bezos, 55, will retain a 12 percent stake and remain the world's richest man.and the space exploration firm Blue Origin to her husband as well as voting control of her remaining Amazon stock.
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