Jeff Bezos’ divorce with Mackenzie Scott cost a staggering Rs…, made her world’s 6th richest woman with net worth of…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez tied the knot in a lavish three-day wedding at the opulent Aman Venice resort in the beautiful city of Venice a few days ago. The Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez ‘wedding of the century’ was attended by around 250 VIP guests form all walks of life and cost a whopping €55 million (about Rs 548 crore).
But did you know that this was Jeff Bezos’ marriage with Lauren Sanchez is his third. The billionaire divorced his second wife Mackenzie Scott in 2019, which made Scott one of richest women in the world. Here’s how much the divorce cost him.
How much did Jeff Bezos pay for ‘world’s most expensive divorce’?
As per media reports, Jeff Bezos transferred a 4 percent stake in Amazon shares to Mackenzie Scott as part of the divorce agreement. At the time, the value of these shares was an estimated $36.5 billion (Rs 2.52 lakh crore), and made Scott an overnight billionaire and one of the wealthiest women in the world.
The Jeff Bezos-Mackenzie Scott divorce is considered the world’s most expensive divorce, and for good reason as the sum paid by the Amazon founder is equal to the half the GDP of some small countries. Scott and Bezos were together for 25 before parting ways.
Who is Mackenzie Scott?
MacKenzie Scott is an American novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the second-richest person in the world with a net worth of $233.4 billion, as of July 1, 2025.
Most of Scott’s wealth comes from shares of Amazon that she received when she divorced Bezos. According to reports, Mackenzie owns a 4% stake in Amazon. She has a net worth of $31.7 billion, even after donating heavily to charitable causes for years. According to Forbes Real Time Billionaires List, Mackenzie Scott is currently the 61st richest person in the world.
In 2023, Forbes named Scott its list of world’s 100 most powerful women, and before that, she was named as one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2020.
Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez wedding
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest man, married his fiancee Lauren Sanchez in a extravagant wedding, which was earlier reported be hosted aboard his $500 million Koru Yacht. However, later reports suggested that Koru, which is anchored Italy’s historic city of Venice for the occasion, will only be a part of the wedding celebration and not the venue.
According to a Daily Mail report, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had booked top-of-the-line hotels for their guests in Venice, including the Gritti Palace and Aman Venice, in their entirety from June 26 to June 29, 2025, with rooms at these opulent lodgings starting at $3200 a night and up to $32,000.
The wedding ceremony was held at the Aman Venice, as per reports.
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