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I'm not sure the money is really at stake. They were married when Amazon was just a tiny start-up and Washington is a community property state.

Half of all assets gained during the marriage belong to his wife. The only way it could be less is if she agreed to take something less.

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If that's the case, I guess his wife will make an entry into the top 10 wealthiest people in the world.

I hope the loss of 50% of his net worth doesn't detract from his space faring aspirations or considerable charitable donations (although I don't remember if he is one of the immensely wealthy people who vowed to give most of it away).

Why wouldn't she be ok with less money? Money over $10 million is just about power, you have all your needs met. She can get significantly more of course (probably few billions of dollars, why not?), but I don't think she cares about it that much. As MacKenzie went into the background when she wasn't needed anymore (which is not true for power hungry people), she doesn't look like the power hungry person.

With $10M she probably wouldn’t be able to afford the upkeep of the house in which she presently lives. Or upkeep of her jet.

That poor woman.

I see, than it's maybe $100M that's mostly enough for that. What's important is that most of the money wouldn't get spent to buy things by Jeff or her.

If someone said you could have $10M or $1B, you’re entitled to either, which one would you choose?

I like power, but I wouldn't go to background if I would be an Amazon cofounder.

And what is money under $10 million about? You’re projecting your values so hard

Sadly with the current asset prices to have a comfortable life in where her friends are, a nice house cost probably millions of dollars.

Doesn't your statement contradict itself?

How likely is the "accept less" scenario?

I can't see why anyone would!

This is explained in the article

Where? It only states she could accept less, but why would she?

I think the problem here is the impact on the company itself it would give her a huge stake in the company who she does not have now.

I wonder if there will be some sort of a buyout offered.

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