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Published 15:59 25 Jul 2026 GMT
In one of the highest-profile non-celeb divorces, South Korean billionaire Chey Tae-Won has been ordered to pay his former wife, Roh Soh-yeong, an eye-watering sum of money after leaving her for another woman.
The Seoul appeals court ordered the tech mogul to pay his wife of nearly four decades $645 million. The decision is just the latest development in a legal battle that has lasted over 10 years and has been dubbed South Korea's "divorce of the century".
Chey, 65, is the chairman of SK Group, one of South Korea's largest corporate groups, whose businesses include SK Hynix, telecommunications company SK Telecom and SK On.
The businessman and Roh, the daughter of former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, married in 1988 and had three children together.
Their relationship made headlines in 2015, when Chey publicly revealed in a three-page letter published by a newspaper that he had been having an affair with another woman and had fathered a child with her.
The shocking revelation led to the breakdown of the couple's marriage and sparked a lengthy legal battle over their huge wealth.
At first, Roh was after a substantial share of Chey's wealth, with many figures thrown around throughout the court proceedings. Finally, they have settled on 944 billion won, around $645 million, in cash.
The number was reached after a Supreme Court decision ruled that the value of the couple's marital assets must be reconsidered. The court recognized that assets accumulated during the marriage, including interests connected to SK Group, should be taken into account when dividing their wealth.
Sadly for Roh, the new sum is lower than the $1 billion settlement ordered in an earlier ruling. The dispute has attracted widespread attention in South Korea because of the couple's prominent social and political connections, as well as the enormous value of the assets involved.
Chey's fortune has also been boosted by the rapid growth of SK Hynix, a large supplier of memory chips used in AI technology. His wealth was estimated at around $5 billion before the latest ruling.
According to the BBC, Chey's lawyers have expressed regret over the length of the proceedings and said they would carefully review the court's decision. His team said: "Chairman Chey Tae-won is deeply sorry in that [the divorce] proceedings so far have caused concern to many people. We will share specific response to the verdict after we closely review the ruling."
His lawyers have not ruled out pursuing another appeal, meaning the legal battle may not yet be completely over.
The case has received so much media attention because it is a prime example of how complex divorce and the division of wealth are in South Korea. This is partly because family-controlled conglomerates known as chaebols play a major role in the country's economy.
The New York Post reported that Chey is still in a relationship with the woman he had an affair with.
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Published 10:27 30 Nov 2022 GMT
Kim Kardashian will receive $200,000 in childcare support from her ex-husband Kanye West, after finally settling their divorce.
As reported by TMZ, the former celebrity couple, who were married between 2014 and 2022, have finally resolved their child custody and property issues.
The outlet states that both parents have chosen to get joint custody with "equal access" to their four children; North, nine, Saint, six, Chi, four, and Psalm, three.
According to the settlement, the 45-year-old rapper will also pay the 42-year-old SKIMS founder $200,000 a month in child support, which will be wired into her account on the first day of each month.
The former couple went public with their romance in April 2012 and got married in a luxurious ceremony in Italy two years later - just months after the birth of their eldest daughter, North.
The reality TV star filed for divorce from West in February 2021 after seven years of marriage and was declared legally single earlier in 2022.
In addition to the eye-watering child support sum, the 'Gold Digger' rapper is responsible for 50% of their kids' educational expenses, including tuition, as well as half of the security expenses for their children.
TMZ also claims that if both parties disagree over matters relating to their children, they will attend mediation. And if one party fails to attend, then the decision falls to the other person by default.
The divorce papers cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, and Kardashian commented that she decided to "put herself first" in an interview with Vogue magazine.
"For so long, I did what made other people happy. And I think in the last two years I decided, I’m going to make myself happy," she said.
"And that feels really good. And even if that created changes and caused my divorce, I think it’s important, to be honest with yourself about what really makes you happy. I’ve chosen myself. I think it’s okay to choose you," Kardashian added.
Following their split, the businesswoman went on to date former Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson for 10 months, with their romance ending in August. Meanwhile, the Yeezy star ventured into a whirlwind three-month relationship with actress Julia Fox.
The settlement comes after several companies severed ties with the rapper - who has legally changed his name to Ye - over antisemitic remarks that have further deteriorated his already withering public image.
The 'Graduation' hitmaker was locked out of his Twitter account last month over his offensive posts, however, the app's new owner Elon Musk reinstated it at the beginning of November.
Published 16:01 30 Sep 2022 GMT
It seems money certainly can't buy happiness after the billionaire ex-wife of Jeff Bezos filed for divorce from her second husband.
Yep, that's right. Mackenzie Scott, who was married to the Amazon founder between 1993 and 2019, is in the process of divorcing her teacher husband - just one year after they got married.
A New York Times report revealed that Scott's husband, Dan Jewett, was a high school science teacher in Seattle and that Scott had filed for divorce in a Washington court on Monday (September 26).
According to the Washington Post, the pair had met at the Lakeside School in Seattle, where Scott's four shared children with Bezos are in attendance.
Jewett and Scott's marriage was first noticed when he added his name alongside Scott's on the website for Giving Pledge - a 2010 campaign initiated by Bill and Melinda Gates.
This initiative was created to encourage the world's wealthiest people to donate the majority of their wealth to charities during their lifetimes.
As reported by The Guardian, Jewett wrote in a letter published on the campaign's website that he was: "Grateful for the exceptional privilege it will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to do so much good when shared. In a stroke of happy coincidence, I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know, and joining her in a commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others."
This letter apparently no longer appears on the site.
After being married for almost 30 years, Scott and Bezos settled their divorce in April 2019 - this included the 58-year-old billionaire giving his ex-wife a four per cent stake in Amazon. At the time, this was valued at $38.3 billion, making Scott one of the richest people in the world.
Per a Medium post written by Scott, she had already given away $4 billion to 384 various organizations throughout 2020.
"The result over the last four months has been $4,158,500,000 in gifts to 384 organizations across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington D.C. Some are filling basic needs: food banks, emergency relief funds, and support services for those most vulnerable," Scott wrote.
"Others are addressing long-term systemic inequities that have been deepened by the crisis: debt relief, employment training, credit and financial services for under-resourced communities, education for historically marginalized and underserved people, civil rights advocacy groups, and legal defense funds that take on institutional discrimination," she added in the post.
The 52-year-old philanthropist had previously pledged to donate much of her fortune, writing in another Medium piece: "Last year I pledged to give the majority of my wealth back to the society that helped generate it, to do it thoughtfully, to get started soon, and to keep at it until the safe is empty."
FOX News has reported that Scott and Jewett allegedly have a separation contract in place that details their division of assets, however, this is not yet public.
Per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, became the world's richest woman on Monday, with a net worth of $66.4 billion.
The 50-year-old former wife of the Amazon founder overtook L’Oreal SA heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers for the first time to become the world’s 12th richest person.
This reshuffling at the top of the US billionaires list was purportedly due to a pandemic-induced tech stock surge, according to NBC News.
Last week, per the publication, Tesla CEO Elon Musk overtook Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest man in the world, after Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown began back in March, the combined US billionaire's wealth has grown by nearly $800 billion or over 25%.
As part of her divorce, novelist and philanthropist Scott, who was married to Bezos for 25 years, received a 4% stake in Amazon, whose stock has been growing due to the increase in online sales and home deliveries.
Shares have risen from nearly $2,000 to $3,500 since the start of the year.
Last year, a month after her divorce from Bezos, Scott signed the Giving Pledge - a campaign founded by fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet - where she promised to donate at least half of her personal wealth to philanthropic causes during her lifetime.
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"Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness, and looking forward to next phase as co-parents and friends," Scott wrote on Twitter at the time. "Happy to be giving all of my interests in the Washington Post and Blue Origin, and 75 % of our Amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies. Excited about my own plans. Grateful for the past as I look forward to what comes next."
Published 13:29 12 Jan 2023 GMT
MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Jeff Bezos, has finalized her second divorce from Dan Jewett.
As reported by TMZ, a judge in Washington state concluded the split between the 52-year-old philanthropist and Jewett - a chemistry teacher at her children's private school - on January 4.
The outlet shared that both individuals have signed a separate contract that will cover any possession, property, and debt settlement between them - but that document is not on file with the court.
The publication added that the school teacher didn’t contest the divorce and that the pair had both signed a prenuptial agreement.
The news comes after Scott filed for the marriage dissolution in King County Superior Court in September - a year and a half after the couple announced their marriage in March 2021.
Two years prior, in 2019, the novelist announced that she was divorcing 59-year-old Amazon founder Bezos after 25 years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized that same year in July.
Bezos - who has four children with Scott - was exposed for having an affair with former television news anchor Lauren Sanchez, who is now his partner.
Reports suggested that the billionaire sent racy pictures to the 53-year-old media personality while married to his ex-wife, per Page Six.
After his split from Scott, the Trap author walked away from the relationship as the third wealthiest woman in the US, with a jaw-dropping $38.3 billion in Amazon stock.
Their settlement included a 4% stake in the retail giant or 19.7 million shares, and the tech tycoon agreed to keep 75% of their Amazon stock, along with voting control of her shares, per The New York Post.
However, Scott promised to give away half of her wealth to a charity by joining the Giving Pledge and according to her website YieldGiving.com, she has since donated at least $14 billion to 16,000 non-profits.
In addition to this, during her marriage to Jewett, she gifted her $55 million Beverly Hills estate to support the nonprofit California Community Foundation in September and another $436 million to Habitat for Humanity in March.
Furthermore, the writer bestowed $2.7 billion to 286 underfunded organizations that fight against wealth inequality, and in 2020, gave away $4.2 billion to organizations in the US that supported relief during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published 15:36 10 Mar 2023 GMT
A Spanish husband has been ordered to pay his ex-wife $214,000 for unpaid housework over the course of a 25-year marriage, as well as paying her pension.
Divorce can be a messy business, especially when one partner has put their life on hold and relies financially on their significant other.
If the unfortunate circumstances arise where a couple chooses to part ways, sorting out finances can often be a point of contention as one Spanish couple can attest to.
Ivana Moral, from southern Spain, married her husband in 1995 but the pair decided to separate in 2020, and their divorce settlement has recently been made public.
During their 25-year marriage, Moral spent her time doing the housework and looking after their two children who are now 20 and 14, per the Daily Mail.
iNews reported that Moral's husband was ordered to pay her €204,624.86, which is equal to around $214,000.
Judge Laura Ruiz Alaminos ruled that the final amount was based on the minimum wage through the couple's marriage.
The ruling didn't end there, as Moral's ex-husband also has to pay her a pension for her unpaid work, which equals out to around $531 a month, as well as giving his daughters $639 and $426.
Speaking to iNews, Moral said: "Clearly this was a case of abuse to be completely excluded financially (by my ex-husband) with nothing left after my marriage ended, so me and my daughters were left with nothing after all these years of putting all my time, energy and love in the family."
Moral continued: "I was supporting my husband in his work and in the family as a mother and a father. I was never allowed access to his financial affairs; everything was in his name."
Before their marriage, the pair signed a separation of property regime which governed that whatever they earned financially during their marriage would be theirs alone, but they would share possessions.
Moral claims that her husband did not want her to find employment outside of the home and would only allow her to work at gyms that he owned in the area.
She alluded that she felt trapped in her relationship and having to raise the two children as well as seeing to all the household chores meant she "didn't have much time for anything else."
Moral hopes that this case will give other women the courage to stand up for themselves in a divorce settlement and will allow them to know what they are entitled to.
Moral's ex-husband only wanted to split their possessions and property so this financial hit will come as a surprise to him.
Therefore, he is expected to appeal the decision.