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Amazon's Bezos finalizes divorce with Sh3.9 trillion settlement

Bezos Divorce
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos, pictured here in February 2017, finalized their divorce at Sh3.9 trillion [Photo, Courtesy]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos finalized their divorce Friday to the tune of a Sh3.9 trillion settlement, Bloomberg News reported.

Under the agreement, MacKenzie Bezos, 49, will receive approximately 19.7 million Amazon.com shares, giving her a four percent stake in the company valued at Sh3.9 trillion (USD 38.3 billion), and landing her at 22nd on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the news service said.

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