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> In what could have been a 50/50 split, Bezos walked away with 100% Maybe Scott didn't care. She has a net worth in the 10s of billions (and deserves every ce

> In what could have been a 50/50 split, Bezos walked away with 100% Maybe Scott didn't care. She has a net worth in the 10s of billions (and deserves every cent). Would a few 10s of billions make any difference to her life? It probably would have made a difference to Bezos because he runs the Amazon machine and it would have diminished his power. The voting rights make sense, her wealth is also tied to investor confidence. She would only lose money by spooking investors, and maybe she does not care about power. I am sure if she wanted full voting rights a judge would have agreed it was fair. > will be a warning sign for entrepreneurs. This is the historical equivalent of an empire being divided up. It sets no precedent for anyone.

awb 6y ago
> She has a net worth in the 10s of billions (and deserves every cent). I guess I tend to assume that the partner of overseas military raising kids alone for long periods of time, or the partner working night shifts to save for their child's college education, or the partner that is always parenting because they can't afford a nanny, or the partner that makes Christmas special on a shoestring budget, etc. would be as equally if not more deserving, yet they don't even get 1/100,000th of this settlement. The sole determination of a partners worth in a divorce settlement is their partners income, regardless of their sacrifices or contributions. I'd rather see something merit based or earning potential based, even though I realize it's impossible to do that fairly or accurately. But to suggest Scott deserves every penny I think wreaks of unfairness to amazing partners that were left high and dry in a divorce for the sole reason that their partners didn't become millionaires or billionaires. We can't give every amazing partner $38B, but we could try to make it more equitable for all partners with similar backgrounds and earning potential.
- teruakohatu 6y ago
  > But to suggest Scott deserves every penny I think wreaks of unfairness to amazing partners Wait, what? Me suggesting a woman deserves a significant portion of the company she helped found somehow diminishes another person? She didn't win this in the lottery nor was she given a gift or inheritance, this was simply how assets were divided up. How much do you think she should have gotten and how much should Bezos have been left with?
  - awb 6y ago
    It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with earning potential. Did Scott co-found Amazon? I was unaware of that. I agree that when partners are also business partners and share equally in generating value, it makes sense to split the value generated 50/50.

awb 6y ago

> She has a net worth in the 10s of billions (and deserves every cent). I guess I tend to assume that the partner of overseas military raising kids alone for long periods of time, or the partner working night shifts to save for their child's college education, or the partner that is always parenting because they can't afford a nanny, or the partner that makes Christmas special on a shoestring budget, etc. would be as equally if not more deserving, yet they don't even get 1/100,000th of this settlement. The sole determination of a partners worth in a divorce settlement is their partners income, regardless of their sacrifices or contributions. I'd rather see something merit based or earning potential based, even though I realize it's impossible to do that fairly or accurately. But to suggest Scott deserves every penny I think wreaks of unfairness to amazing partners that were left high and dry in a divorce for the sole reason that their partners didn't become millionaires or billionaires. We can't give every amazing partner $38B, but we could try to make it more equitable for all partners with similar backgrounds and earning potential.

teruakohatu 6y ago
> But to suggest Scott deserves every penny I think wreaks of unfairness to amazing partners Wait, what? Me suggesting a woman deserves a significant portion of the company she helped found somehow diminishes another person? She didn't win this in the lottery nor was she given a gift or inheritance, this was simply how assets were divided up. How much do you think she should have gotten and how much should Bezos have been left with?
- awb 6y ago
  It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with earning potential. Did Scott co-found Amazon? I was unaware of that. I agree that when partners are also business partners and share equally in generating value, it makes sense to split the value generated 50/50.