The founder of McCaw Cellular, Craig McCaw, has a whopping net worth of $12.6 billion since selling his company to AT&T. McCaw stayed with his wife for 21 years, but separated in 1995 citing irreconcilable differences. Petrak received $460 million in the settlement.
Everyone knows the infamous split between president-elect Donald Trump and his former wife Ivana Trump. After marrying Ivana, Trump appointed her the president of the Trump Castle Hotel&Casino, which ended up making her $25 million in the divorce.
Let’s say if Ritchie wasn’t rich enough, he definitely was after his split with Material Girl, Madonna. After an 8 year long marriage, the couple decided to split, and Ritchie got $80 million in the scandal.
Lionel Richie, known for the legendary song ‘Hello’ and many others, lost the marriage battle to his wife, Diane Richie. Diane ended up getting $20 million in settlement money, and a pretty cool last name.
Mel Gibson and his partner Robyn did the near-impossible in Hollywood - they were married for 31 years! However, the marriage ended in 2009, and the divorce took two years to finalize. Probably because Gibson had to give up half of his net worth, which is $425 million.