In the richest divorce settlement in history, Jeff Bezos transferred a quarter of his Amazon shares to his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos
on July 29. He remains the richest person on the planet, while she jumps into the ranks as the world’s third-richest woman. Real-Time Rankings, Bezos is worth $117.8 billion as of Thursday morning, making him still $13 billion wealthier than the second-richest person in the world, Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist Bill Gates. MacKenzie, who now holds 19.7 million shares of one of the world’s most valuable companies , is worth $36.8 billion.
Prior to the divorce proceedings, Bezos owned 78.8 million Amazon shares, a stake worth an estimated $150 billion, using Thursday morning’s stock prices.
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