Here is a look at billionaires' divorces in recent decades.
A British court has ordered Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum to pay his ex-wife and their children close to 550 million pounds ($730 million which is Rs. 5521.31 crore). This divorce is one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British history. Here is a look at other billionaires' divorces in recent decades.
1. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and Princess Haya
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A British court has ordered Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum to pay his ex-wife and their children close to 550 million pounds ($730 million which is Rs. 5521.31 crore), in one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British history. A High Court judge said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum must pay 251.5 million pounds to his U.K.-based sixth wife, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, and make ongoing payments for their children Jalila, 14, and Zayed, 9, underpinned by a bank guarantee of 290 million pounds.
2. Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott finalised their divorce in 2019. In March, MacKenzie Scott remarried a teacher from Seattle named Dan Jewett. As part of the divorce settlement, she had received a 4% stake in Amazon, worth more than $36 billion.
3. Adnan Khashoggi and Sandra Daly
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Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi divorced his wife Sandra Daly in 1974 and their settlement totaled a then-record 874 million dollars.
4. Bernie Ecclestone and Slavica Radić
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Formula One executive Bernie Ecclestone, one of the richest people in the United Kingdom, divorced Croatian model Slavica Radić in 2009.The settlement was estimated at $1.2 billion.
5. Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin and 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki split after eight years of marriage in 2015. According to a Business Insider report, the pair had settled for an undisclosed amount of money. Brin has a net worth of roughly $99 billion.
