Media mogul, Rupert Murdoch and his divorce from Anna Maria Mann, a Scottish journalist and novelist in 1999 also cost a hefty sum. Mann received US$1.7 billion from the settlement and US$110 million in cash. Mann is Murdoch's second wife and they had three children.

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Professional golfer, Tiger Wood's divorce from Elin Nordegren after 6 years of marriage was estimated at US$710 million. The ex-couple met when Nordegren moved to work in the US from Sweden and she was introduced to Tiger Woods. They married in 2004 and separated in 2010.

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Basketball player Michael Jordan and his divorce from Juanita Vanoy in 2006 cost US$168 million. The two first filed for divorce in 2002 but reconciled shortly after. In 2006, they filed for divorce again. With the amount Vanoy received, it was the largest celebrity divorce settlement on public record at that time.

The divorce of South Korean stars Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo (also known as the SongSong couple) is one of the most high profile divorces in Asia given their superstar status. While the ex-couple didn't split assets or settlement money, they both own assets worth US$86.5 million. The two A-listers are also among South Korea's highest-paid celebrities, no doubt thanks to the popularity of the drama they starred together in, Descendants of the Sun. The 20-month reel to real romance also made the split the talk of the town.

Song Joong-ki has a villa worth US$2.2 million while Song Hye-kyo has three properties worth around US$17.8 million. The ex-couple's mansion in Itaewon was worth US$8.6 million.

Dubbed the "divorce of the century" by the media, the ongoing divorce of Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group and Roh Soh-yeong, an art museum director costs around US$1.6 billion. This about 42.3 per cent stake in SK Holdings Co, South Korea's third-largest conglomerate. The two come from very well-off families, Chey is groomed as the heir to SK Group while Roh is the daughter of a former army general turned president.

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Actor Harrison Ford and late screenwriter Melissa Mathison's divorce in 2004 cost an estimated US$118 million. Mathison is Ford's second wife with whom he had a son and daughter with.

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There's no shortage of drama coming from Kim Kardashian and Ye following the couple's public split in 2021. According to Forbes, the pair had signed a prenup prior to the wedding, which allows the two to retain ownership over their respective businesses, Kim's KKW Beauty, and West's Yeezy brand. 

However, the two did have to split their shared real estate, including the Calabasas mansion, which is estimated to be worth US$60 million—which went to Kim as the Yeezy star had no real ties to the area. 

This article was published on May 4, 2021 and updated on March 3, 2022

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