Jeff Bezos’ Ex-Wife to Give Away $18.5 Billion
Novelist MacKenzie Bezos has pledged to donate half of the multi-billion dollar fortune that she amassed following her divorce from Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos.
The former couple first met in 1992 and were married a year later – the same year in which Mr Bezos established Amazon, the technology company worth a staggering $900 billion.
In April this year, they finalised their divorce. As part of the divorce settlement, Ms Bezos received 25% of her and her ex-husband’s joint stake in Amazon, but also surrendered her voting rights to her shares so that Mr Bezos could remain the controlling shareholder.
Now estimated to be worth $37 billion, Ms Bezos revealed in a recent statement that she has signed with The Giving Pledge, an organisation where the world’s wealthiest people pledge to donate half or more of their fortunes.
She wrote: “In addition to whatever assets life has nurtured in me, I have a disproportionate amount of money to share. My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful.”
Mr Bezos praised his ex-wife on Twitter, saying: “MacKenzie is going to be amazing and thoughtful and effective at philanthropy, and I’m proud of her.”
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