(CNN) The world's richest couple is splitting up.

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are getting a divorce after 25 years of marriage, according to a joint statement put out Wednesday on the Amazon CEO's Twitter account.

"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.

"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 statement continued. "If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again."

Bezos, 54, and MacKenzie, 48, met and got married while working at D.E. Shaw, a New York-based hedge fund, in the early 90s. Shortly after, they packed up and moved across the country to Seattle, where Bezos launched Amazon.

Bezos is now the world's richest person, with an estimated net worth of $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That means this divorce could end up being very costly.

MacKenzie is an author of multiple novels, including Traps and The Testing of Luther Albright.

Last year, the couple announced plans to commit $2 billion to fund existing nonprofits that help homeless families and also to create a network of preschools in low-income communities.

In the joint statement, the couple said they looked forward to continuing working together as "parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures."

They have four children.


Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/09/tech/jeff-bezos-wife-divorce/index.html

Its unfortunate for the man

Dabigbroda:
Its unfortunate for the man

Well, I think they are separating amicably

Not always about the money.

But money is the problem in 90% of the cases especially if the woman has got some.

Most women can't handle it.

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Somebody should calculate 137 Billion divided by 3.


Give half of 1/3 back to Jeff Bezos.


Because that's what this greedy feminist LovePeddler will do to this hardworking man.

The way we reason here in America......Nigerians will not get to that level in 100 years

They did what will make each other happy, but our own culture is almost killing us and most stay in an unhappy marriage because of society.


Even with her husband riches, she still want to divorce.... If it's Nigeria, you will be hearing "I am staying in the marriage for my children"


I hope she signed prenuptial agreement? Make I no hear say na 10 richest you be in few months.

Maybe the woman to Li ke shopping.

Ohk

The woman takes half his assets

These oyinbo people sef. What is 'amicable' divorce in a marriage of 25 years.

Billion $ couple

No woman, No cry

The saying that money can not buy everything comes to play.....

#justsaying

Eyaaaaaaaaa RIP

Peaceful divorce. They have decided to go their separate ways.

So una no go beat una self....u need to come to my Naija. Beating and battering na him dey come b4 divorce. We need to learn really

So sad

wealth is good, love is best. both are two different things altogether. God is love

Dabigbroda:
Its unfortunate for the man

Y na?

They did trial separation fa...
Ko werk...
Marriage naa ko werk...

Divorce yii gan, ko le werk bi mo se n wo yii o...

Abeg, I need the wife phone number.. I want to help her

I saw a thread where someone is asking if you need to be rich before thinking about marrying.

Nonsense divorce, I no blame them sha

So all the relationship books on Amazon they cant buy them and read to avoid divorce?

What do you mean by "World Richest Couple"? How much did she contribute to the fortune?

World's richest MAN and his wife!

But, women. Marriage. SMH. What's the need really?
#Misogamy.

Now the divorce settlement would be earth-shattering. I'm sure she wouldn't get less than $50b - $60 billion. Why? For doing what?
WHAT!?

My gwad

Errrrm
This is it for all the ladies who think it's all about money. You see, money couldn't keep them from divorce. She has all she'd ever wanted but still on still she wants a divorce even after 25 years of marriage and the bro wants it too.

Marriage isn't it at all. A contract marriage would be cool though.






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I think I am happy about this

DEBUCHMANNY:
wealth is good, love is best. both are two different things altogether. God is love

There is no love in a white women or so many white women dont love forever, every white woman love a man for a specified period whether the man is rich or poor, they dont think like Africans.