Washington is a community state, meaning that in a divorce settlement without a prenuptial agreement, each partner is entitled to half the assets made during a marriage.Bezos has an estimated net worth of $137 billion (yes, thatu2019s billion with a u201cbu201d). Legally, MacKenzie Bezos, his estranged wife of 25 years, can receive half that fortune: roughly $68.5 billion.Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, and Amancio Ortega are all worth more than that amount, and Mark Zuckerberg isnu2019t far behind.However u2026A 50/50 settlement among multi-billionaires IS VERY RARE. The number of multi-billionaires (worth more than 10B USD) who divorce their first spouses after they make their wealth is actually quite low. Most multi-billionaires who have been divorced either went through a divorce before they made their fortune (like Richard Branson) or signed a prenuptial agreement (like Larry Ellison), so they got to keep most of their fortunes. There have been several u201cnormalu201d billionaires who have gotten divorced after long marriages (such as David Rubenstein and Ted Turner), but these people were only worth a few billion, meaning that their settlement didnu2019t exactly break a world record. Many of these billionaires who divorced gave their spouses a substantial settlement which was less than half their net worth, primarily because the couples wanted to finish their divorce with minimal animosity.Because this is an u201camicableu201d divorce (note that I put u201camicableu201d in quotation marks because no divorce is without its fair share of battling), MacKenzie will most likely walk away with a few billion dollars and allow Bezos to keep control of his business interests. This could very well be a record-breaking divorce settlement, but it is very unlikely that Bezos will lose 50% of his net worth.The circumstances of the divorce itself seem suspicious. Jeff and MacKenzie are known to be a publically affectionate couple, and he often makes a mention of her on Twitter. Bezos and his wife have praised each other in the past, and they very recently vacationed together and seemed to be happy. The separation (note that Jeff Bezos said they had been separated) did not make National Enquirer or some other tabloid, which is unusual since a Bezos separation would have probably filled the front pages of those news outlets. Bezos and his wife seemed to have a rock solid marriage, one made out of mutual love and respect, and they also share four teenage kids.For all we know, the divorce announcement may simply be a belated April Foolu2019s joke u2026u2022 actually, it isnu2019t. He cheated on her. Get ready for a juicy scandal!Jeff Bezosu2022 Raunchy Text Messages That Prove Illicit Affair