Standing at the first place, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have the most expensive divorce in the world to date. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife- MacKenzie Bezos divorced in 2019 after nearly 25 years of marriage. At the time of divorce, they had four children.

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world at the time, had a fortune of about $137 billion. A prenuptial agreement has not yet been confirmed, but it is because he lives in the United States. MacKenzie is entitled to a 50/50 split of the asset of Jeff that resulted in a mind-blowing $68 billion settlement. This huge amount makes it to the most expensive divorces in history of all time.

• Settlement : $68 billion

Coming at second place is the divorce of Alec and Jocelyn Wildenstein. It was one of the two most expensive divorces ever. Alec and Jocelyn Wildenstein divorced in 1999 after nearly 21 years of marriage.

Alec Wildenstein, a famous French-American businessman and art dealer, was one of the most high-profile divorces in history. This divorce is worth $2.5 billion and $100 million, respectively, over the next 13 years. This pays Jocelyn a whopping $3.8 billion. If you factor in this amount in the modern world, that equates to about $5.7 billion.

• Settlement: $3.8 billion

Media superstar Rupert Murdoch and famous journalist Anna Maria were married in 1968. However, they broke up after 31 years of marriage, and the divorce was finalized in 1999. At the time of her divorce, she had three children.

Rupert, one of the richest people in the world, ended this marriage with a huge settlement. According to reports, Anna left her home with a whopping $1.7 billion settlement. Both went through life very quickly. Murdoch married Wendi Deng 17 days after the divorce, and Anna married William Mann almost six months after the divorce.

• Settlement: $1.7 billion

Formula 1 Chief Executive Officer Bernie Eccleston and Slavica Eccleston, one of Britain's most valuable figures, have divorced after nearly 24 years of marriage. They divorced in 2009 due to the irrational behavior of the Formula One mogul.

This is what Slavica quoted during her divorce. As a result of the settlement, Slavica received a whopping $1.2 billion. At the time of the divorce, it was one of the most expensive divorces at the time. Slavica invested this huge sum wisely, turning it into a whopping $1.6 billion.

• Settlement: $1.2 billion

In fifth position, we have one of the most expensive divorces of the '90s. Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi married a British woman named Sandra Daley in 1961. At that time, Sandra converted to Islam again and changed her name to Soraya. During this time, they had everything they wanted: 17 houses, 3 planes and 3 yachts.

However, after nearly 13 years of marriage, they divorced and Soraya left after a massive settlement of $850 million. If you factor in this amount in today's world scenario, that's more than $2 billion.

• Settlement: $850 million

Regarding one of the most expensive divorces in the world, it is not fair to forget about the divorce of Dmitry Rybolovlev and Elena Rybolovleva. Dmitry Rybolovlev and Elena Rybolovlev, two of the famous and wealthy businessmen, divorced in 2014.

The reason for the divorce was the 'serial betrayal' that Elena mentioned at the time of her divorce. At the beginning of the hearing, the court awarded Elena a massive $4.5 billion in damages. However, after Dmitry's appeal, she received only $644 million. This divorce is considered one of the most expensive divorces of the last decade.

• Settlement: $644 million

Craig and Wendy McCaw – the pair who are widely famous for their building a great telecom empire together. They finalized their bond of relationship by marriage in 1963 before Craig and Wendy McCaw divorced in 1998 following a long time. Unfortunately, after almost 24 years of their not so good marriage life, they decided to divorce and split. As compensation for the divorce, Wendy McCaw received almost $460 million.

Wendy used this huge amount to free the killer whale, Keiko. Shortly before their divorce, they sold their cell phone company to AT&T for about $1.12 trillion. It was one of the most expensive divorces and took 7th place on our list.

• Settlement: $460 million

Mel Gibson has become one of the biggest movie stars in the world after a series of very successful films such as Braveheart and Lethal Weapon. But over the past few years, he has been unkind to the actor, with allegations of racism, homophobia, alcohol abuse, domestic violence and anti-Semitic remarks. The situation worsened in 2009 when his wife Robin filed for divorce from her after seeing a photo of her with Russian singers Oksana and Riyeva. She obtained a settlement equal to half of Mel's fortune, valued at $425 million. In one of Hollywood's most expensive divorce cases, Mel and Robin Gibson ended their marriage in 2011. They divorced after nearly 26 years of marriage.

At the time of the divorce, Mel's net worth was approximately $850 million. As a result of the divorce, about half of his fortune was given to Robin as part of the divorce settlement. Like most celebrities, they never signed a prenuptial agreement, resulting in huge settlement costs.

• Settlement: $425 million

Robert L. Johnson, 69, became the first African American billionaire in history after founding Black Entertainment Television and investing in various businesses. Their relationship turned into good fortune in 2000 when they became the first African-American billionaires.

Specifically, he married Sheila Johnson in 1969 and lived together for 33 years before deciding to separate in 2002. As a reward, Sheila was awarded $400 million in damages. Ironically, she married the judge who presided over the divorce hearings and the man she met 30 years ago.

• Settlement: $400 million

Roman Abramovich is one of the richest people in the world, with an estimated fortune of over $9 billion. The Russian is perhaps best known for owning the English Premier League club Chelsea.

But Roman Abramovich also became famous in 2007 when he and his then wife Irina Abramovich filed for divorce. His native law divided all property and property at 50% upon divorce, leading to speculation that a divorce could be the most expensive divorce. However, Irina was not interested in such a large sum of money and instead agreed to $300 million.

• Settlement: $300 million