MacKenzie Scott
Jeff Bezos' ex-wife donates $ 4 billion
MacKenzie Scott promised to donate around half of her fortune over the course of her life.
© imago images / ZUMA Press / Javier Rojas
The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donated $ 4 billion. MacKenzie Scott is the second richest woman in the world.
MacKenzie Scott (50), the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (56, "Invent and Wander"), has an estimated fortune of around 60 billion US dollars (approx. 50 billion euros) after her divorce last year . In a blog post, the entrepreneur reports that she has donated 4.2 billion dollars (approx. 3.4 billion euros) in the past four months. Among other things, she used the money to support food banks that are fighting the effects of the corona pandemic.
Scott received $ 36 billion in shares from Bezos after her divorce and pledged to donate large chunks of her fortune. In July, the 50-year-old announced that she would support 116 charitable organizations with 1.7 billion dollars (approx. 1.4 billion euros). In her blog post "348 Ways to Help", she said she had donated another $ 4,158,500,000 to 384 organizations. This year it has made around 6 billion dollars (approx. 5 billion euros) available for a good cause.
Accurate selection of charities
Scott used the money to support organizations in all 50 US states. She was advised by a team that contacted "hundreds of experts, founders, heads of non-profit organizations and volunteers" to distribute the donations. Among other things, the money goes to emergency aid, education and human rights organizations.
MacKenzie Scott is currently the second richest woman in the world. In front of her is only the L'Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers (67).