Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Wife MacKenzie Are Divorcing
by mrep on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @10:52AM
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I was wondering that too, but then I realized that would only have a big effect if stockholders thought he was doing a bad job and I bet most everyone doesn't think that.
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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Wife MacKenzie Are Divorcing
by docker_up on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @10:55AM
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Not sure I follow. If his ownership stake is cut in half, and the ex-wife owns half of Bezos' stake in Amazon, that effectively cuts his power in half.
Sure, right now they are likely on the same page, but what about in 5 years? What if she starts selling her stake or sells her decision-making stake to an activist hedge fund, for example, or someone directly adversarial to Bezos? It could make things a lot harder for him to lead the company.