Will Jeff Bezos’ marital breakup be the most expensive divorce ever?
The founder and CEO of Amazon – the world’s richest man – said on Wednesday that he and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, are divorcing
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of the technology company Amazon, announced on Wednesday that he and his wife, MacKenzie, are divorcing after a 25-year marriage – immediately fuelling speculation about the details of their divorce settlement.
Bezos, who has an estimated net worth of US$137 billion, is the richest person in the world and already some experts have mused whether his divorce could become the most expensive of all time.
Although no details of a Bezos settlement have been revealed, the technology mogul may end up on the long list of celebrities who have been on the wrong end of a costly divorce settlement, which includes Paul McCartney, Madonna, Tiger Woods – and even US President Donald Trump.
Each of those settlements was worth tens of millions of dollars, but they pale in comparison to the most expensive divorce settlements of all time.
That dubious list is reserved for settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars – and, in a few eye-popping cases, US$1 billion or more.
Check out the most expensive divorce settlements of all time:
10. Bob Johnson and Sheila Crump Johnson, 2002 – US$400 million
Television moguls Bob Johnson and Sheila Johnson were married from 1969 to 2002 and during their time together co-founded the television network Black Entertainment Television.
In 2000, the couple became the first African-American billionaires and when the couple divorced, two years later, Sheila Johnson walked away with US$400 million, according to ABC News.