Mackenzie Bezos Is Poised To Become The Richest Woman In The World

If MacKenzie walks away from the finalized divorce with exactly half of Bezos’s fortune, she would have a net worth of $68 billion. That would make her the richest woman in the world by more than $20 billion. As far as real estate holdings go, the couple owns a roughly 29,000 square foot estate outside of Seattle, two neighboring mansions in Beverly Hills, a Texas ranch, the largest home in Washington D.C. and four condos in New York City. It has been established that Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos do not have a prenup. We do not know if they signed a postnup at some point. Depending on what sort of financial agreement the couple has filed away (if any), she could walk away with significantly less than 50% of Jeff’s $136 billion and still be the richest woman in the world. Currently, the richest woman in the world is L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers. She has a net worth of $46 billion. Let’s say MacKenzie walks away with about 33.4% of her husband’s fortune. She would still be worth more than $45 billion, perhaps even more than $46 million. Either way, she would be one of the two richest women in the world. Any way you look at it, dividing the assets and business of two billionaires is in no way simple. There are complex and illiquid assets and issues with the companies they own, not to mention public perception of the couple. Complicating the public perception of this divorce is Jeff’s relationship with the not yet divorced Lauren Sanchez. Jeff and MacKenzie have been friends with Sanchez and her estranged husband Patrick Whitesell for at least 10 years. There’s one other title MacKenzie will take on when the divorce is final. No matter how the settlement between MacKenzie and Jeff shakes out, she will become the richest author in the world by far. MacKenzie is a novelist who wrote The Testing of Luther Albright in 2005 and Traps in 2013. Currently J.K. Rowling is the wealthiest author with a $1 billion net worth and James Patterson is the second wealthiest with an $800 million net worth. MacKenzie Bezos will easily eclipse the net worths of Rowling and Patterson.