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Bill and Sue Gross

PIMCO co-founder. 1985–2017.

A Picasso decided by coin flip. We take 50/50 seriously, and even we’re impressed.

TL;DR

  • Married in 1985. Sue filed on November 22, 2016, after 31 years, and the divorce was final on October 6, 2017. (Wikipedia: Sue Gross; Reuters; New York Post)
  • Her settlement was about $1.3 billion, including a $36 million Laguna Beach home and half the art collection. (Wikipedia: Sue Gross)
  • They flipped a coin for Picasso’s 1932 Le Repos. She won, took it and left a copy she had painted herself. The real one sold at Sotheby’s for $36.9 million. (New York Post; W Magazine)
PIMCOFINAL 2017

Bill and Sue Gross

1985–2017

$1.3B

Reported settlement, including a $36 million Laguna Beach home and half the art collection.

Years
31
Kids
1
Per day
$115K
Rank
#5
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The box score

The marriage, scored like a season.

YRS
31
years married
DAYS
~11,300
days married, approximate
KIDS
1
children
SET
$1.3B
settlement
$/DAY
$115K
per day married
RK
#5
of 46 on record

Advanced stats

Per hour married
$5K
Median U.S. household incomes, per day
1.4
In $1 bills, stacked
88 miles

Per-day figures divide the settlement by the days married, approximate where the exact dates aren’t public. Household income: U.S. Census Bureau, Income in the United States: 2024, Sep 9, 2025. $1-bill thickness: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, currency facts (archived).

Tale of the tape

Bill Gross kept

  • The other half of the art collection
  • A copy of Le Repos that Sue painted

Sue Gross got

  • About $1.3 billion
  • A $36 million home in Laguna Beach
  • Half the art collection
  • Picasso’s Le Repos, won on a coin flip

Sources: (Wikipedia: Sue Gross; W Magazine; New York Post)

The receipts

1 coin

How they decided who got the Picasso, in August 2017.

(New York Post)

$36.9M

What the real Le Repos sold for at Sotheby’s in May 2018.

(New York Post)

$75

What Sue once said she could paint a Picasso for, according to an email from Bill. The original sold for about 492,000 times that.

(New York Post)

31 years

Married when she filed.

(Reuters)

Original vs. homemade, to scale

The $75 bar is there. It’s just 0.0002% as long.

Where it ranks

No. 5 of 46 divorces with a reported price tag.

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Timeline

  1. 1985

    Married. (Wikipedia: William H. Gross)

  2. Nov 22, 2016

    Sue files for divorce. (Wikipedia: Sue Gross)

  3. Aug 2017

    She wins Le Repos on a coin flip. (New York Post)

  4. Oct 6, 2017

    Divorce final. (New York Post)

  5. May 2018

    Le Repos sells at Sotheby’s for $36.9 million. (New York Post)

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