Credit...Time.com The current richest man in the world and head of Amazon, Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos , have both announced that thy would be divorcing. The couple who have been married for about 25 years are said to have been separated for a while. This is the tweet that set shock waves round the financial and business world....... pic.twitter.com/Gb10BDb0x0 — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 9, 2019 As for what is involved, in what is going to be the biggest divorce settlement in history right now....... an estimated $137 billion is at stake.