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| Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie divorce | |
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| Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage. | Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage. |
| The pair announced the move in a joint statement on Wednesday on Twitter. | The pair announced the move in a joint statement on Wednesday on Twitter. |
| "After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends," the couple said in the statement. | "After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends," the couple said in the statement. |
| Amazon, formed 25 years ago, this week eclipsed Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company. | Amazon, formed 25 years ago, this week eclipsed Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company. |
| Jeff Bezos, 54, who founded Amazon, is the world's wealthiest man according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, with an estimated wealth of $137bn, some $45bn ahead of Bill Gates. | Jeff Bezos, 54, who founded Amazon, is the world's wealthiest man according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, with an estimated wealth of $137bn, some $45bn ahead of Bill Gates. |
| The 48-year-old MacKenzie Bezos is a novelist, the author of The Testing of Luther Albright (2005) and Traps (2013). | The 48-year-old MacKenzie Bezos is a novelist, the author of The Testing of Luther Albright (2005) and Traps (2013). |
| "We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other," the couple's statement said. | "We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other," the couple's statement said. |
| "If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again. We've had such a great life together as a married couple and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures. | "If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again. We've had such a great life together as a married couple and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures. |
| "Though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends." | "Though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends." |
| Last year they launched a charity project together, the Day One Fund, with the aim of helping homeless families and building pre-schools in low-income communities. | |
| The couple have four children - three sons, and an adopted daughter. | |
| MacKenzie Bezos told Vogue Magazine in 2013 that the pair had met when he interviewed her for a job at a hedge fund in New York. | |
| They got engaged after three months of dating and married shortly after, in 1993. | |
| One year later he founded Amazon - which began as an online book retailer. | |
| The company has since expanded into an e-commerce giant. | |
| Amazon was worth $797bn (£634bn) when the US stock market closed on Monday, after rising 3.4% and moving past Microsoft, valued at $789bn. | Amazon was worth $797bn (£634bn) when the US stock market closed on Monday, after rising 3.4% and moving past Microsoft, valued at $789bn. |