{"id":3290,"date":"2019-01-20T04:04:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T04:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meritandgrace.com\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2020-01-24T03:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T03:24:00","slug":"thoughts-on-the-bezos-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meritandgrace.com\/thoughts-on-the-bezos-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Bezoses’ Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I was sad to read that Jeff & MacKenzie Bezos are divorcing after 25 years of marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After commenting on Amazon Leadership Principles<\/a>, Jeff Bezos’ biggest fear<\/a> and also comparing Bezos’ wisdom with the Bible<\/a>, it was disheartening to see a leader I respect choose divorce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Others have explored the implications of the divorce to Amazon investors<\/a>, the challenges of marriage among startup founders<\/a>, as well as the modern trend of “conscious uncoupling”<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I do not know Jeff personally, nor am I married, so I’m not here to judge. I just want to take what he and MacKenzie wrote at face value and think about what it means. I’m processing out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s their Tweet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n