Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has retained a tight grip on Amazon following a divorce deal with his wife of 25 years that makes her one of the richest people on the planet.

After finalising a settlement, she will now become the fourth largest Amazon shareholder and is now worth $35.6bn (£27bn), making her the third richest woman in the world.

Mr Bezos retains 75pc of their Amazon shares, worth around $97.5 billion (£74.61bn) and complete voting control.

Writing on Twitter, Mackenzie Bezos said she was “happy” to hand over the majority of the couple’s shared Amazon stock plus voting control of her shares. She will also hand over complete control of Blue Origin, a space exploration company, as well as The Washington Post, which Bezos bought in 2013 for $250 million (£191m).

The novellist appeared to brush off any animosity between the pair, claiming to be “looking forward to [the] next phase as co-parents and friends.”

The Texan tech mogul on Thursday shared a separate statement on Twitter in which he described MacKenzie as “resourceful and brilliant and loving” and that he was “grateful for her support and for her kindness in this process”.