The tech tycoon sits at the top of the Bloomberg billionaires index, with a net worth of $137 billion — but he could have to cede the crown to Bill Gates depending on how the couple’s massive fortune is sliced up. It’s unclear if they have a prenup.
Washington is a “community property state” — meaning divorcing couples without an existing agreement split their assets 50-50.
That would see MacKenzie — a 48-year-old novelist — exiting the union with a net worth of nearly $68 billion, dropping Jeff to just the fifth-richest person on the planet, while she would become the richest woman in the world.