The Bezos Factor: $140 Billion Divorce

[Sky-OParticipant 18949]

Note: I was going to get the accounting correct and state it as a $137 billion divorce but by the time everything gets through court, he will have made another $3 billion.

Now – They have been married since 1994, so that is 25 years.

Important to note. At the point in time that he married her, he was 29 years old and basically a retired hedge fund manager with a net worth of approximately $14 million. So she didn’t marry a working class guy at the time and he was even wealthy back then.

No prenuptial. But that does not matter since those get discarded and shredded in court all of the time. Especially when they hit the ten year mark.

So, my point is:

His wife is going to get half of the $140 billion after 25 years of marriage (300 months)

Total payout for her will be $70 billion:

Basically $2.8 billion a year for the 25 year marriage.

Because. . . .

Vagina

[Secret Agent MGTOWParticipant 22544]

He actually could get the absolute best divorce attorneys, and if he wanted, could keep things tied up for avery long time. Courts and lawyers would be fine with it, and it wouldn’t hurt him that much at all.

Women want everything, but want responsibility and accountability for nothing.

[Sky-OParticipant 18949]

Secret Agent MGTOW wrote:

He actually could get the absolute best divorce attorneys, and if he wanted, could keep things tied up for avery long time. Courts and lawyers would be fine with it, and it wouldn’t hurt him that much at all.

Omigosh. . .

You are soooo right.

Like, maybe when everything is ‘tied up’ for a long time, the divorce laws might change, she could die or maybe she would have time to grow a conscience and decide that she only wants $1 billion.

Great strategy.

[SH3LLZParticipant 5569]

If he was smart, he would’ve kept his net worth wrapped up in the company and NOT made her privy to the companies Financials. If he was one of the smart CEOs who only paid himself a dollar a year, he could effectively lock her out since the assets belong to the company and not him personally. There is precedent for this, while rare, some men have been able to save their money. There are ways around divorce rape, it’s just that most men don’t know the tricks even AFTER they’re mega rich.

If he had half a brain with common sense and not just geekery, he would’ve started moving money quietly when his affair started…

But as we know, the power of bones is strong.

#ICETHEMOUT!!! #MANOUT!!! #HIDEYOURWEALTH #VAGINAISWORTHLESS

[Ranger OneParticipant 16836]

F~~~ him; he’s a c~~~. I hope it is an ugly divorce and they fight like Nazi Germany and the USSR.

All my life I've had doubts about who I am, where I belonged. Now I'm like the arrow that springs from the bow. No hesitation, no doubts. The path is clear. And what are you? Alive. Everything else is negotiable. Women have rights; men have responsibilities; MGTOW have freedom. Marriage is for chumps. If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart-R'as al Ghul.

[black_knightParticipant 2602]

Sky-O wrote:

he was 29 years old and basically a retired hedge fund manager with a net worth of approximately $14 million.

Jesus, when I was 29 years old, I was still messing around inside an existential vacuum trying to figure out who I was, what I wanted to do in life (career etc) and had about £5k to my name… and thought I was doing ok.

[Oz-BlokeParticipant 3233]

Can’t find it but I saw a meme that had a picture of Mrs Bezos with the text “Made $70 billion with just one c~~~ working for her”.

#ManOut

[BeerParticipant 11832]

SH3LLZ wrote:

If he was smart, he would’ve kept his net worth wrapped up in the company and NOT made her privy to the companies Financials.

Amazon wasn’t started until after they were married, she was one of the first employees, and she was the accountant…so it would have been hard to hide financials from her. Normally I s~~~ all over stupid divorce settlements where women walk away with piles of money just for having a gash, but in this case she was essentially a founding member of a start up that turned out to be wildly successful. Maybe Jeff drafted up the business plan and put more hours in than she did early on or whatever…but ultimately if Amazon failed that would have been a hit to both of them as a married couple and as people who put work into a company that ultimately failed, so I don’t see why it being a success shouldn’t be a boon to them both. She was actually there to take some of the risk and put in some of the work to get it going.

Usually when I hear divorce stories about super rich guys its just some stupid dumb f~~~ who already had most of their net worth prior to marrying, who marries a smoking hot gold digger that wouldn’t give him the time of day if he wasn’t loaded, and then gets wrecked hard in divorce court 10 years later. I disagree with those types of settlements…no way are those c~~~s ever entitled to anything near half, or deserve the fat alimony payments and/or bloated child support checks they get. In this case though, I would actually think it fair for her to walk away with tens of billions.

[Sky-OParticipant 18949]

Regarding the advice given in a prior post.

To any guys that are still married and wealthy:

Make sure your wife is not ‘privy’ to your business affairs.

Because women who are not ‘privy’ to matters like that, can’t get half of everything in a divorce.

LOL

[L. EulerParticipant 348]

Bezos divorce:
Euler just couldn’t resist the math.
25 years includes six leap days for 9131 days…that’s a hooker price of $153,323.84 per day….. a little “overpriced” for pussy or what?

Of course we have to remember the infinite lawyers bills which is harder to assess.

$153,323.84 /day……hmmmmm…..STAT Psychiatry appointment suggested!

L. Euler

[McQuadeParticipant 135]

Sky-O wrote:

Regarding the advice given in a prior post.
To any guys that are still married and wealthy:
Make sure your wife is not ‘privy’ to your business affairs.
Because women who are not ‘privy’ to matters like that, can’t get half of everything in a divorce.
LOL

Uncunted

[McQuadeParticipant 135]

It doesn’t matter what they are privy to. It all has to be declared in court proceedings.

This is just pie in the sky stuff to most of us anyway. $70 billion each. Did he lose out? Think he will still be ok. Paul McCartney and the one legged gold digger is a sobering example of being a billionaire and then not, because of pussy price.

Uncunted

[Anonymous 1]

McQuade wrote:

It doesn’t matter what they are privy to. It all has to be declared in court proceedings.

THIS.

Very early in the bloodletting, the opposing attorney issues a document through the court (court blessing) that says basically:
Produce everything you know about everything for the past 5 years (etc.).
All bank accounts. All investments. Everything. You sign a form that says this is everything, I’m not hiding anything.

[BubParticipant 1410]

Beer wrote:

SH3LLZ wrote:

If he was smart, he would’ve kept his net worth wrapped up in the company and NOT made her privy to the companies Financials.

Amazon wasn’t started until after they were married, she was one of the first employees, and she was the accountant…so it would have been hard to hide financials from her. Normally I s~~~ all over stupid divorce settlements where women walk away with piles of money just for having a gash, but in this case she was essentially a founding member of a start up that turned out to be wildly successful. Maybe Jeff drafted up the business plan and put more hours in than she did early on or whatever…but ultimately if Amazon failed that would have been a hit to both of them as a married couple and as people who put work into a company that ultimately failed, so I don’t see why it being a success shouldn’t be a boon to them both. She was actually there to take some of the risk and put in some of the work to get it going.
Usually when I hear divorce stories about super rich guys its just some stupid dumb f~~~ who already had most of their net worth prior to marrying, who marries a smoking hot gold digger that wouldn’t give him the time of day if he wasn’t loaded, and then gets wrecked hard in divorce court 10 years later. I disagree with those types of settlements…no way are those c~~~s ever entitled to anything near half, or deserve the fat alimony payments and/or bloated child support checks they get. In this case though, I would actually think it fair for her to walk away with tens of billions.

And he’s trading her in for some younger trim. Already hitting it.

Just rolling down the road

[WPLParticipant 2390]

Where I live, neither attorney even has to ask for this — it’s an automatic part of the divorce proceedings. Basically, the “simple” form is a list of all individual and joint assets and debts. If both sides agree that each other’s documents are truthful, then those documents get used as the basis for dividing debt and assets (unless the parties agree, in writing, on the division themselves). If either side contests the other’s disclosure, well, THEN things get complicated.

Anonymous wrote:

McQuade wrote:

It doesn’t matter what they are privy to. It all has to be declared in court proceedings.

THIS.
Very early in the bloodletting, the opposing attorney issues a document through the court (court blessing) that says basically:Produce everything you know about everything for the past 5 years (etc.).All bank accounts. All investments. Everything. You sign a form that says this is everything, I’m not hiding anything.

[TaxGuyParticipant]

SH3LLZ wrote:

If he was smart, he would’ve kept his net worth wrapped up in the company and NOT made her privy to the companies Financials. If he was one of the smart CEOs who only paid himself a dollar a year, he could effectively lock her out since the assets belong to the company and not him personally. There is precedent for this, while rare, some men have been able to save their money. There are ways around divorce rape, it’s just that most men don’t know the tricks even AFTER they’re mega rich.

SH3LLZ:

It doesn’t work that way. His money is tied up in the company, in the form of stock that they own. And she will go after half of that personal holding. As far as the company financials, Amazon is a public company. Google Amazon 10K and there they are. EVERYONE can see the financials. I’m not sure where you are getting that “the assets belong to the company and not him personally.” But it doesn’t work that way.

Whoever told you that doesn’t understand how it works. If you are lower profile, you may be able move the ownership of the valuable company to a trust offseas, but ultimately you own whatever owns the valuable asset. Ultimately the ownership comes back to you as a personal asset.

Order the good wine

[AutoliteParticipant]

Ranger One wrote:

F~~~ him; he’s a c~~~. I hope it is an ugly divorce and they fight like Nazi Germany and the USSR.

But just without the body count this time…

[narwhalParticipant]

Beer wrote:

Amazon wasn’t started until after they were married, she was one of the first employees, and she was the accountant…so it would have been hard to hide financials from her. Normally I s~~~ all over stupid divorce settlements where women walk away with piles of money just for having a gash, but in this case she was essentially a founding member of a start up that turned out to be wildly successful. Maybe Jeff drafted up the business plan and put more hours in than she did early on or whatever…but ultimately if Amazon failed that would have been a hit to both of them as a married couple and as people who put work into a company that ultimately failed, so I don’t see why it being a success shouldn’t be a boon to them both. She was actually there to take some of the risk and put in some of the work to get it going.

So if a starting accountant level employee cashed out all their stock, would it likely be worth $140 billion? I believe Bezos held 17% of the stock, so we’re saying the accountant held about 8-9%. I agree that she contributed as an accountant, and I’ll even agree that she contributed to the marriage in the sense she helped Bezos do his job…somehow. I don’t agree that it was 50%.

Looking at it another way, if she deserves 50%, that means that Amazon would be just as successful with her running the company as Jeff, or that the company would only be 50% as successful if she was never married to him. Or you could claim that she would have been able to get $140 billion in wealth on her own if she had never married. No one can claim any of those statements are remotely true.

The 50% number isn’t based on any logic or fairness, it simply based on law/precedent.

Ok. Then do it.

[iMickey503Participant 12465]

Just a FYI?

Is anyone else getting this vibe here?

4 threads in the last few days? About a man that I am sure none of us can relate to.
Whats life without a little drama right?

You are all alone. If you have been falsely accused of RAPE, DV, PLEASE let all men know about the people who did this. http://register-her.net/web/guest/home

[BeerParticipant 11832]

narwhal wrote:

So if a starting accountant level employee cashed out all their stock, would it likely be worth $140 billion? I believe Bezos held 17% of the stock, so we’re saying the accountant held about 8-9%. I agree that she contributed as an accountant, and I’ll even agree that she contributed to the marriage in the sense she helped Bezos do his job…somehow. I don’t agree that it was 50%.

Looking at it another way, if she deserves 50%, that means that Amazon would be just as successful with her running the company as Jeff, or that the company would only be 50% as successful if she was never married to him. Or you could claim that she would have been able to get $140 billion in wealth on her own if she had never married. No one can claim any of those statements are remotely true.

The 50% number isn’t based on any logic or fairness, it simply based on law/precedent.

Uh…when Amazon started, it had 2 employees. Their names were Jeff and Mackenzie. Amazon’s servers operated out of their garage. She quit her job and moved to a different state with Jeff to start this company, it wasn’t like she didn’t have any skin in the game from the beginning. If Amazon failed it would have been a financial hit to both of them. The only reason she didn’t get the same amount of shares in her name as Jeff got from the start is because his were effectively half hers anyhow.

You can act like she was just an accountant…but the fact is early workers at startups make a f~~~ing killing if the company gets sold for a lot of money or goes public and they get a chunk of shares. Its why people work for startups. You take an engineer and say yeah…that guy is worth 100k a year, then talk to an engineer at a successful startup and he’s like yeah I made the equivalent of 10m a year for the last few years. Its the startup game. A day 1 accountant for the biggest company in the world isn’t really comparable to an accountant for some big, established company who agrees to work for xx dollars per hour. If Amazon went under Mackenzie could have just as easily had years worth of work go down the drain with nothing to show for it, and I don’t think you’d be arguing her husband should have to back pay her accordingly for time put into a failed business.

Here’s another way to look at it…Jeff’s parents invested about 250k in 1995. Its estimated that investment could be worth about 30 billion today assuming they held on to their shares. Considering she founded the company with her husband and they were literally the first two Amazon workers, how much do you think she should walk away with? In this case, I think she’s getting f~~~ed over savagely if she isn’t walking away wealthier than Jeff’s parents.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-apos-parents-invested-142700533.html

You might say accountant…not worth

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