She is MacKenzie Scott, a renowned novelist and a philanthropist. Now she is the richest woman in the world following a recent tech stock surge.
Scott is also the former wife of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, she has a net worth of $67.4 billion.
Since her divorce, Scott- who announced a name change from Bezos- has emerged as a prominent philanthropist. She had revealed details of some of her charitable commitments in July, totalling $1.7 billion given over the prior year. Those donations include historic gifts to historically Black colleges and universities.
She has also signed the Giving Pledge, a commitment among the wealthy to give away a significant portion of their money overtheir lifetimes . This move became notable because, unlike many couples who make the pledge together, Scott did so independently of her former husband, who has not made the same promise.
Scott even beat L’Oreal SA heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, after which she became the world’s 12th richest person.
She received a total of 25% stock in Amazon along with a 4% share in the company as her divorce settlement when she separated from Bezos in 2019. This is equal to a whopping $38 billion.
At that time, Scott became the third richest woman in the world. Reportedly
Amazon’s share went from $2,000 to $3,500 as there was a surge in online shopping and home delivery due to the pandemic.
This made Scott the richest woman in the world while Jeff Bezos took the lead as the richest man.
While she might be the richest woman, Scott also indulges in a lot of charity. In July, she shared that she donated around $1.7 billion which went to 116 organizations.
