Amazon · AMZN · 2019

Jeff Bezos

Lost a marriage and 4% of Amazon. Kept the votes.

Divorced

Announced his divorce hours before the National Enquirer revealed his relationship with Lauren Sánchez. MacKenzie Bezos kept 4% of Amazon.12

Relationship
Remarried in 2025
Outcome
Divorced
News day
+0.2%
Since the news
+222%

Since the news

+222%

$82.83 on Jan 8, 2019
$266.66 on Nov 13, 2026 · 1,974 trading days

Before the newsAbove the pre-news closeBelow itThe last close before the news

The dip News day +0.2%

AMZN, change since the Jan 8, 2019 close−30%−20%−10%0%+10%+20%Divorce newsExtortion postDec 10, 2018Jan 9Feb 7Mar 8Apr 5Dec 10, 2018: AMZN −0.9%Dec 11, 2018: AMZN −0.8%Dec 12, 2018: AMZN +0.4%Dec 13, 2018: AMZN +0.1%Dec 14, 2018: AMZN −3.9%Dec 17, 2018: AMZN −8.2%Dec 18, 2018: AMZN −6.3%Dec 19, 2018: AMZN −9.7%Dec 20, 2018: AMZN −11.8%Dec 21, 2018: AMZN −16.8%Dec 24, 2018: AMZN −18.9%Dec 26, 2018: AMZN −11.2%Dec 27, 2018: AMZN −11.8%Dec 28, 2018: AMZN −10.8%Dec 31, 2018: AMZN −9.3%Jan 2, 2019: AMZN −7.1%Jan 3, 2019: AMZN −9.4%Jan 4, 2019: AMZN −4.9%Jan 7, 2019: AMZN −1.6%Jan 8, 2019: AMZN 0.0%Jan 9, 2019: AMZN +0.2%Jan 10, 2019: AMZN 0.0%Jan 11, 2019: AMZN −1.0%Jan 14, 2019: AMZN −2.4%Jan 15, 2019: AMZN +1.1%Jan 16, 2019: AMZN +1.6%Jan 17, 2019: AMZN +2.2%Jan 18, 2019: AMZN +2.4%Jan 22, 2019: AMZN −1.5%Jan 23, 2019: AMZN −1.0%Jan 24, 2019: AMZN −0.1%Jan 25, 2019: AMZN +0.8%Jan 28, 2019: AMZN −1.1%Jan 29, 2019: AMZN −3.8%Jan 30, 2019: AMZN +0.8%Jan 31, 2019: AMZN +3.8%Feb 1, 2019: AMZN −1.8%Feb 4, 2019: AMZN −1.4%Feb 5, 2019: AMZN +0.1%Feb 6, 2019: AMZN −1.0%Feb 7, 2019: AMZN −2.5%Feb 8, 2019: AMZN −4.1%Feb 11, 2019: AMZN −4.0%Feb 12, 2019: AMZN −1.1%Feb 13, 2019: AMZN −1.0%Feb 14, 2019: AMZN −2.0%Feb 15, 2019: AMZN −2.9%Feb 19, 2019: AMZN −1.8%Feb 20, 2019: AMZN −2.1%Feb 21, 2019: AMZN −2.2%Feb 22, 2019: AMZN −1.5%Feb 25, 2019: AMZN −1.4%Feb 26, 2019: AMZN −1.2%Feb 27, 2019: AMZN −0.9%Feb 28, 2019: AMZN −1.0%Mar 1, 2019: AMZN +0.9%Mar 4, 2019: AMZN +2.4%Mar 5, 2019: AMZN +2.2%Mar 6, 2019: AMZN +0.7%Mar 7, 2019: AMZN −1.8%Mar 8, 2019: AMZN −2.2%Mar 11, 2019: AMZN +0.8%Mar 12, 2019: AMZN +1.0%Mar 13, 2019: AMZN +2.1%Mar 14, 2019: AMZN +1.8%Mar 15, 2019: AMZN +3.4%Mar 18, 2019: AMZN +5.2%Mar 19, 2019: AMZN +6.4%Mar 20, 2019: AMZN +8.5%Mar 21, 2019: AMZN +9.8%Mar 22, 2019: AMZN +6.5%Mar 25, 2019: AMZN +7.1%Mar 26, 2019: AMZN +7.7%Mar 27, 2019: AMZN +6.6%Mar 28, 2019: AMZN +7.1%Mar 29, 2019: AMZN +7.5%Apr 1, 2019: AMZN +9.5%Apr 2, 2019: AMZN +9.5%Apr 3, 2019: AMZN +9.9%Apr 4, 2019: AMZN +9.8%Apr 5, 2019: AMZN +10.9%
  1. 1Jan 9 · Divorce news
  2. 2Feb 7 · Extortion post
Change since the close before the news
MacKenzie BezosEx-wife
MacKenzie Bezos: 1993–20191993–2019
Lauren SánchezThen girlfriend, now wife
Lauren Sánchez: 2025–nowJan 9, 2019: Named by the Enquirer
  • Former spouse
  • Marriage
  • Key moment
  • News day
PersonRelationshipStatusNotes
MacKenzie BezosEx-wifeMarried 1993, divorced 2019One of Amazon's first employees. Kept a 4% stake worth $35.6bn and gave her voting rights to Jeff.2
Lauren SánchezThen girlfriend, now wifeMarried June 2025Former anchor at Fox's Los Angeles station. Bezos's lawyer told the Enquirer the couple had been “long separated.” They married in Venice.134
  1. Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos announce their divorce after 25 years. Hours later, the Enquirer reports his relationship with Lauren Sánchez.1

  2. Bezos accuses AMI, the Enquirer's owner, of “extortion and blackmail.” AMI denies it.12

  3. Settlement: MacKenzie keeps 4% of Amazon. Jeff keeps 75% of his stake and her voting rights.2

  4. Bezos marries Lauren Sánchez in Venice.34