Jeff Bezos- Mackenzie divorce: Amazon, 2 mansions, 3 apartments, 1 museum and what all is at stake
TMZ reported that the Bezoses did not have a prenuptial agreement
The news of world's richest cople getting a divorce broke the internet on Wednesday. Amazon's Jeff Bezos on Twitter announced that he and his wife of 25 years, Mackenzie Bezos are separting their ways.
"We want to make people aware of a development in our lives," Jeff Bezos, 54, and MacKenzie Bezos, 48, said in joint statement posted to Bezos' Twitter feed.
"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 couple said they felt "incredibly lucky" for their 25 years together and would remain involved with each other as close friends and parents.
"Though the labels might be different, we remain a family and we remain cherished friends," the statement continued.
MacKenzie Bezos is the author of two books, including "The Testing of Luther Albright," a psychological novel about the challenges facing a Sacramento, California father and his family after an earthquake.
She was one of the first employees of Amazon at its founding and in 2014 launched Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organisation.
If you want to know about their love story, click here.
Jeff Bezos is rated the world's wealthiest man by Forbes and Bloomberg, with a fortune estimated at around USD 137 billion. Amazon this week passed Microsoft to become the world's biggest publicly traded company by market capitalisation.
But now the couple has decided to part their ways, the question remains what will happen to Amazon? Below we have tried to find out what options does Amazon has, also what all is at stake in world's richest couple's divorce. (Images: Reuters)