MacKenzie Scott Is The World’s Most Powerful Woman
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"I have a disproportionate amount of money to share. I will keep at it until the safe is empty."-MacKenzie Scott-
Name: MacKenzie Scott
Age: 51
Source of Wealth: Amazon
Residence: Seattle, Washington
Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
Education: Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
NET WORTH as of 1/14/22: $55.6B
MacKenzie Scott is a philanthropist, writer and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has been married for 25 years. MacKenzie Scott was born on April 7, 1970 in San Francisco, California. She attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and then went on to graduate with a degree in English at Princeton University in 1992. She studied well and was an assistant for, noted author Toni Morrison. Also, she has published two novels.
in 1992 in New York Scott began to work as a research associate at D.E. Shaw. While working there, she met Jeff Bezos and the two married in 1993. They moved to Seattle, Washington the following year. MacKenzie was involved in the founding of Amazon, working as an accountant for the firm and negotiated their first shipping deal.
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On January 9, 2019, their divorce was announced via Twitter. About three months later, Scott announced the terms of the divorce on Twitter. As part of their separation, she received a 25% stake in Amazon. The couple had four children at the time. She signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give at least half of her wealth for the rest of her life.
Scott has been doing donations since divorcing Jeff Bezos and becoming one of the richest people in the world. As part of her commitment to the Giving Pledge, in which the rich publicly pledged to donate most of their wealth to charity, Scott gave $1.67 billion in July 2020; $4 billion in December 2020; And $2.7 billion in June 2021.
Forbes Magazine has named MacKenzie Scott as the world's most powerful woman for the first time.
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