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The Bezos Divorce: Who Is Getting What
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have announced how they'll split up Amazon shares, the Washington Post, and other assets.

SEATTLE, WA — The Bezos divorce settlement is final. MacKenzie and Jeff Bezos revealed some terms of the split, thought to be one of the most expensive ever, in separate Twitter posts Thursday.
"Grateful for the past as I look forward what comes next," MacKenzie Bezos wrote.
"She is resourceful and brilliant and love, and as our futures unroll, I know I'll always be learning from her," Jeff Bezos wrote.
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The couple was worth about $150 billion, according to estimates, largely due to the value of Amazon stock. Here's how the top assets will be divvied up:
- Washington Post: Jeff Bezos keeps it all
- Blue Origin: Jeff Bezos Keeps it all
- Amazon: McKenzie Bezos gets 25 percent of the couple's shares, Jeff Bezos keeps control of the company
The couple's 25-year marriage unraveled in January when the National Enquirer revealed Jeff Bezos was having an affair with TV host Lauren Sanchez. Bezos' security chief, Gavin de Becker, said this week that the Saudi Arabian government hacked Bezos' phone, and then delivered texts proving the affair to the National Enquirer.
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Bezos has accused National Enquirer owner David Pecker of blackmail. After his affair was revealed in the tabloid, Bezos said that Pecker threatened to release "intimate texts" unless de Becker's investigation into the matter was called off.
MacKenzie Bezos' stake in Amazon, about 4 percent, makes her the fourth richest woman in the world, according to Bloomberg.
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