Amazon could soon have a large new individual shareholder in the form of MacKenzie Bezos as a result of her impending divorce from the company's CEO.
Jeff Bezos owns 16% of the e-commerce giant, and MacKenzie could be entitled to up to half of those shares, which would giver her, with Jeff, one of the two largest stakes in the company.
Although the Bezoses are worth $137 billion on paper, nearly all of their assets are in the form of Amazon stock...
Considering the totality of the circumstances (as are publicly known), I think it more likely than not that a court would divide the stock roughly in half.
The wild card here is I don't know the psychology each party has going into this divorce.
I don't think she's an unreasonable person, so I don't see that happening.
With someone who is as closely associated to his brand as Jeff Bezos, it may be that he will refuse a settlement that gives his ex-wife that much Amazon corporate power.
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