- Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos announced Wednesday that he and his wife MacKenzie will file for divorce .
- They were married in 1993, after meeting at D.E. Shaw & Co, and s hortly afterward relocated to Seattle to found Amazon, where MacKenzie was one of the company's first employees.
- Today, Jeff Bezos is worth $ 137 billion , making him the richest person in history .
A look inside the 25-year marriage of the richest couple in history, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos — who met at work, were engaged in 3 months, and together owned more land than almost anyone else in America (AMZN)
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Jeff Bezos , the billionaire founder and CEO of online retail giant Amazon , announced Wednesday that he and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, will divorce .
"As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends," the couple wrote in the statement issued via Twitter .
Today, Bloomberg estimates Bezos is worth $137 billion making him the richest person in history, according to CNN . He's also topped Forbes' annual list of the richest people on the planet for the first time ever. And Amazon followed Apple to become the second-ever US company to reach a $1 trillion valuation although the company has since dropped back to a $791 billion market cap .
Here's a look inside the marriage of Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos.
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