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MacKenzie Bezos Shrinks Her Amazon Stake by About $400 Million

Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos in 2018. Photographer: Jörg Carstensen/dpa/AFP via Getty Images

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By Tom Metcalf

January 27, 2020 at 3:25 PM UTC

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From having his phone hacked to hosting a glitzy party in Washington attended by Ivanka Trump and Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos has rarely been out of the spotlight since his 2019 divorce.

His ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos has kept a far lower profile. She’s tweeted just once -- in April to confirm the split -- even as her 4% stake in Amazon.com Inc. propelled her to a $37 billion fortune and made her the 25th richest person on the planet.