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Amazon's Bezos, wife reach biggest divorce deal in history

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (R) and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, have finalized their divorce. [AFP]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, finalized the biggest divorce settlement in history on Thursday, leaving him with 75 percent of their stock in the tech giant and giving her nearly $36 billion in shares.

MacKenzie Bezos said she would give all of her stake in The Washington Post and the space exploration firm Blue Origin to her husband -- the world's richest man -- as well as voting control of her remaining Amazon stock.

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