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SOCIETY / PEOPLE
List: Top Ten Most Expensive Divorces
Date: August 2010
Source: Daily Telegraph newspaper
Base: All reported divorce settlements (some estimation involved!).
Notes: The divorce of Rupert and Anna Murdoch was the most expensive reported divorce settlement as of August 2010, with Anna receiving some US$1.7 billion after 32 years of marriage. Tiger Woods divorce from Elin Nordegren (in 2010) was rumoured to be about the US$100 million mark but details have been kept under wraps.
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Rank
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Couple
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Settlement (US$)
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1
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Rupert and Anna Murdoch
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1.7 billion
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2
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Adnan and Soraya Khashoggi
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874 million
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3
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Craig and Wendy McCaw
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460 million
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4
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Roman and Irina Abramovich
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300 million
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5
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Michael and Maya Polsky
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184 million
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6
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John 'Jack' Welch and Jane Beasley
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180 million
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7
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Michael and Juanita Jordan
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168 million
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8
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Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey
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150 million
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9
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Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving
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100 million
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10
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John and Beverly Charman
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95 million
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