> When the company was big and they had four kids, MacKenzie took half the load (kids) and Jeff took half the load (work).<p>Who is this nagging article helping? The value of raising kids is not counted in the billions of dollars by the market, at best probably in the millions, based on insurance claims.
When it comes to this sort of thing I assume there may be some agreements in place within their marriage. It is strange that the wealth isn't accounted as a union (Walton family comes to mind here). I suspect that's down to the legal paperwork of assigning shares and ownership alongside voting rights.<p>That said, how does my mind work? My first question was, "Will Bill Gates be the richest man in the world again?". Maybe I should start rephrasing that as "Will the Gates' become the richest couple in the world again?"
I've no problem with wives that get half--I figure that's part of the deal when you get married. Wives can and do get far more, though, and that truly does seem unjust.