Both parties issued a joint statement framing the settlement as amicable and respectful, with Jenny's attorney Robert S. Cohen and John's attorney Marilyn Chinitz declaring it a resolved "private matter." No further comment from either party or their families.
Sources tell us negotiations only got serious earlier this year after a judge actively encouraged both sides to engage in settlement talks. The exes were fighting over estates in the Hamptons and Aspen with no prenup protecting either side — which made this custody battle of assets far messier than most divorces.
Settlement filed May 4, 2026. John Paulson's 2024 offer included "hundreds of millions in upfront cash, plus annual eight-figure distributions for the rest of her life — all tax free," per his attorney's statement. Jenny called that same offer "humiliating and demeaning" in a reported email.
The details remain sealed because both sides clearly want this buried — but after four years of courtroom warfare over trusts, properties, and what constitutes a dignified divorce offer, the fact that they finally agreed tells you somebody blinked first.
Billionaire hedge fund legend John Paulson and his ex-wife Jenny have officially settled their divorce, bringing an end to one of the most contentious big-money splits in recent memory. Court documents confirm the settlement was filed on May 4, 2026, and both sides issued a joint statement through their attorneys calling it a "private matter" — with no further comments from either party, their families, or friends. The legal war between these two has been brewing for years.
Back in July 2022, Jenny Paulson accused her husband of constructing what she described as a "secretive web of trusts" specifically designed to hide money from her during divorce proceedings. John Paul's team fired back immediately, insisting in court filings that the trusts in question had actually been set up jointly by both spouses decades earlier — and that their sole purpose was protecting assets for their children. That initial clash set the tone for everything that followed.
The 2024 divorce negotiations only raised the stakes. Sources close to the situation told us John offered Jenny hundreds of millions in cash after 21 years of marriage — an amount his side argued would make her "one of the richest women in America." But Jenny wasn't having it. She reportedly wrote that she felt she deserved a "50/50 split," or at minimum, "60/40" citing comparable divorce arrangements she'd seen.
Her description of John's offers? "Disrespectful, shameful and humiliating." The attorneys made things even spicier with their own public sparring. Jenny's lawyer Robert S.
Cohen memorably quipped that a man worth billions offering his wife only a monthly "allowance" demonstrated what he called "chutzpah — or in English, hypocrisy!" John's attorney Marilyn Chinitz of Blank Rome shot back immediately: "In what universe is hundreds of millions in upfront cash, plus annual eight-figure distributions for the rest of her life – all tax free – considered an 'allowance?'" That exchange alone could headline a legal drama.
A source close to the settlement told us talks finally "began in earnest earlier this year," and that a judge presiding over the case actively encouraged both parties to pursue resolution. The exes were also fighting over real estate holdings in the Hamptons and Aspen, Colorado — properties with no prenuptial agreement in place to streamline ownership claims. Paulson, 70, made his legendary fortune shorting the housing market before the 2008 crash and is estimated to be worth approximately $4.7 billion. He's currently engaged to Alina de Almeida, 38, with whom he welcomed a daughter last year.