MacKenzie Bezos sells some of her Amazon holdings
MacKenzie Bezos sold about $400M worth of the shares
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, has sold off some of the stock that she received as part of the couple's divorce agreement.
MacKenzie Bezos sold about $400 million worth of the shares.
Word of the sale came indirectly, in an end of year filing that Jeff Bezos made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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That filing indicated that the Amazon CEO has the sole voting authority over nearly 19.5 million shares, that he does not have the power to dispose of. It matches the stake that MacKenzie Bezos holds minus 200 thousand shares.
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MacKenzie's Amazon holdings still amount to nearly $36B.
In May, MacKenzie Bezos pledged to give away half her fortune to charity. She signed The Giving Pledge, a campaign created by billionaire Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, to prompt the ultra-wealthy to pledge at least half their fortune to charitable causes.
