Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to divorce wife of 25 years after a 'long period of trial separation'
Jeff Bezos, 54, met MacKenzie, 48, in 1992 when he was working for D.E. Shaw in Manhattan, New York and the two got married a year later in 1993
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on Wednesday, January 9, that he will be divorcing his wife. The billionaire took to Twitter to share that he will be divorcing MacKenzie Bezos, to whom he has been married to for almost 26 years, after a "long period of loving exploration and trial separation."
Bezos made the news known on his Twitter account, writing, "We want to make people aware of a development in our lives. 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 life as friends. 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."