Divorce costs Amazon founder $US38b

Updated July 6 2019 - 11:23am, first published 11:17am
MacKenzie Bezos, wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, will receive $A55b as a divorce settlement.
MacKenzie Bezos, wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, will receive $A55b as a divorce settlement.

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos, has been finalised by a Seattle-area judge on Friday, paving the way for her to receive $US38.3 billion ($A55 billion) worth of Amazon stock, Bloomberg reports.