Ranked by settlement amount divided by days of marriage, these 20 divorces cost the most per day the marriage lasted. The highest, at $7.5M per day, is Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates's. The median cost per day across this group is $115K.
| # | Couple | Settlement | Cost/Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates | $76B* | $7.5M |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos & MacKenzie Scott | $38B | $4M |
| 3 | Alec Wildenstein & Jocelyn Wildenstein | $3.8B | $480K |
| 4 | Dmitry Rybolovlev & Elena Rybolovleva | $4.5B | $451K |
| 5 | Sergey Brin & Nicole Shanahan | $360M* | $223K |
| 6 | Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie | $300M* | $177K |
| 7 | Rupert Murdoch & Anna Murdoch | $1.7B | $145K |
| 8 | Bernie Ecclestone & Slavica Ecclestone | $1.2B | $139K |
| 9 | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum & Princess Haya bint Hussein | $730M* | $127K |
| 10 | Adnan Khashoggi & Soraya Khashoggi | $874M | $126K |
| 11 | Steve Wynn & Elaine Wynn | $741M | $104K |
| 12 | Janet Jackson & Wissam Al Mana | $200M | $104K |
| 13 | Harold Hamm & Sue Ann Arnall | $975M | $99K |
| 14 | Rupert Murdoch & Jerry Hall | $200M* | $85K |
| 15 | Bill Gross & Sue Gross | $1.3B* | $83K |
| 16 | Chey Tae-won & Roh Soh-yeong | $1B* | $77K |
| 17 | Tom Brady & Gisele Bundchen | $375M* | $75K |
| 18 | Adele & Simon Konecki | $85M* | $74K |
| 19 | Steven Spielberg & Amy Irving | $100M | $73K |
| 20 | James Cameron & Linda Hamilton | $50M | $71K |
* Settlement terms were not publicly disclosed. Amount is an estimate.
Married 27 years, 7 months, no prenup reported, $7.5M per day of marriage.
Married 25 years, 10 months, no prenup reported, $4M per day of marriage.
Married 21 years, 8 months, no prenup reported, $480K per day of marriage.
Married 27 years, 4 months, no prenup reported, $451K per day of marriage.
Married 4 years, 5 months, had a prenup, $223K per day of marriage.
Married 4 years, 8 months, no prenup reported, $177K per day of marriage.
Married 32 years, 1 month, no prenup reported, $145K per day of marriage.
Married 23 years, 8 months, no prenup reported, $139K per day of marriage.
Married 15 years, 9 months, no prenup reported, $127K per day of marriage.
Married 19 years, no prenup reported, $126K per day of marriage.
Married 19 years, 5 months, no prenup reported, $104K per day of marriage.
Married 5 years, 3 months, had a prenup, $104K per day of marriage.
Married 27 years, no prenup reported, $99K per day of marriage.
Married 6 years, 5 months, prenup status unclear, $85K per day of marriage.
Married 43 years, no prenup reported, $83K per day of marriage.
Married 35 years, 9 months, no prenup reported, $77K per day of marriage.
Married 13 years, 8 months, had a prenup, $75K per day of marriage.
Married 3 years, 2 months, no prenup reported, $74K per day of marriage.
Married 3 years, 9 months, no prenup reported, $73K per day of marriage.
Married 1 year, 11 months, no prenup reported, $71K per day of marriage.
This ranking includes 20 celebrity divorces, of which 9 settlement figure(s) are reported estimates.
The median reported settlement is $808M. Including only confirmed (non-estimated) figures, the median is $975M.
The median settlement works out to $115K per day of marriage across these entries.
3 of 20 entries had a reported prenup, 16 did not, and 1 are unclear.
The longest marriage here lasted 43 years; the shortest lasted 1 year, 11 months.