Jeff Bezos Divorce: How Much Of Amazon Does Wife MacKenzie Own?

Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are nearing the end of their divorce after 25 years of marriage. MacKenzie, 48, announced the agreement of some assets decided up on in their divorce settlement with a Twitter post.

In the post, she wrote that she happily gave Bezos all her interests in The Washington Post as well as Blue Origin. She also gave him 75 percent of the Amazon stock the couple shared in addition to the voting control of the shares, which she indicated was to help support “continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies.”

MacKenzie will hold on to 25 percent of Amazon stock, giving her 4 percent stake in the company, which at current market value would be worth $35 billion, CNN reported.

Bezos’ responded to MacKenzie with a tweet that said he was “grateful for her support and for her kindness in this process." Upon the announcement of Bezos’ divorce, it was reported that he was having an affair with Lauren Sanchez. Bezos has a net worth of an estimated $150 billion, Bloomberg Billionaires Index reported.

MacKenzie also went on to say that she is “excited about my own plans. Grateful for the past as I look forward to what comes next.” She is a novelist that began writing at the age of six.

Bezos and MacKenzie took to Twitter to announce their divorce in January, which was just three days shy of the Amazon CEO’s birthday. The couple has four children together.

Shares of Amazon stock were up 0.11 percent as of 2:56 p.m. ET on Thursday.