The announcement resolves questions about the direction of the world's largest online retailer
The agreement still leaves MacKenzie Bezos with vast wealth. Her remaining stake in Amazon, valued at roughly $36bn, is worth more than the stock market values of nearly 70% of the components of the S&P 500. That includes companies such as eBay, Allstate Corporation and Twitter.
Jeff Bezos re-tweeted the statement and added in a separate post that he was grateful to MacKenzie"for her support and for her kindness in this process."Get our news and views in your inbox The day they announced their separation on Twitter, the National Enquirer promised to reveal an affair it claimed had ended their marriage, contrary to the couple's statement that they were on a"long period of loving exploration and trial exploration".
The supermarket tabloid proceeded to publish alleged photos and intimate text messages between Bezos and his new partner, former television news anchor Lauren Sanchez. Bezos then conducted an investigation into how that may have been leaked, culminating in his claim in February that the National Enquirer was attempting to extort him. The paper's parent said that reporting on an extramarital relationship involving the world's richest was lawful and it would investigate his claims.
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