Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos’ wife gets $38.3bn as duo finalises divorce

A US court has ruled that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wife MacKenzie, will get a 4% stake in the tech giant.

Bezos and wife MacKenzie finalized their divorce on Friday.

She will receive $38.3 billion (€34.1 billion) worth of the tech giant’s stock, Bloomberg News reported.

The deal set by a judge in Washington State’s King County, will see her receive approximately 19.7 million shares in Amazon.com.

MacKenzie Bezos becomes the 20th wealthiest billionaire on the 2019 Forbes Rich List, ahead of Telsa’s Elon Musk and Alibaba founder Jack Ma.

Jeff Bezos, 55, will retain a major stake in Amazon worth $114.8 billion and remain the world’s richest person.

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