Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie
Bezos have decided to divorce after a long trial separation, Bezos said on
Wednesday in a joint statement by the couple on Twitter.
Amazon.com again became Wall Street's most valuable company
this week, surpassing Microsoft Inc. Bezos' fortune has soared to more than
$160 billion, thanks to his stake in Amazon.
From modest beginnings as an online bookseller, Bezos and
Amazon branched out into almost every product category available, ending up
taking on established retail giants such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Bezos founded
Amazon in 1994.
Under Bezos, Amazon launched the Kindle e-reader and
revolutionized the way books are distributed and read. The company has also
been a pioneer in cloud computing.
In November, Amazon picked America's financial and political
capitals for massive new offices, branching out from its home base in Seattle
with plans to create more than 25,000 jobs in both New York City and an area
just outside Washington, D.C.
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