(CNN) The world's richest couple is splitting up.
Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are getting a divorce after
25 years of marriage, according to a joint statement put out Wednesday on the
Amazon CEO's Twitter account.
"After a long period of loving exploration and trial
separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,"
the couple said in the statement.
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos attend an event on April 24, 2018 in Berlin, Germany
"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," the statement continued.
"If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all
again."
Bezos, 54, and
MacKenzie, 48, met and got married while working at D.E. Shaw, a New York-based
hedge fund, in the early 90s. Shortly after, they packed up and moved across
the country to Seattle, where Bezos launched Amazon.
Bezos is now the
world's richest person, with an estimated net worth of $137 billion, according
to the Bloomberg
Billionaires Index. That means this divorce could end up being very
costly.
MacKenzie is an
author of multiple novels, including Traps and The Testing of Luther Albright.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 9, 2019
Last year, the couple announced plans to
commit $2 billion to fund existing nonprofits that help homeless families and
also to create a network of preschools in low-income communities.
In the joint statement, the couple said they looked forward to
continuing working together as "parents, friends, partners in ventures and
projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures."
They have four children.
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