Jeff Bezos keeps full control of Washington Post in divorce settlement

Published April 4, 2019 2:19pm ET



MacKenzie Bezos announced she had finalized her divorce Thursday, tweeting out a statement showing Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, keeps 75% of the company’s shares and full control of the Washington Post.

“Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other,” said Mackenzie Bezos, 48, in the statement released on her Twitter account. “Happy to be giving him all of my interests in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, and 75% of our Amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies.”

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