MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has become immeasurably wealthy from her divorce.
Now she has found her marital happiness again.
March 9 update:
After 26 years of marriage, MacKenzie Scott divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
Because she was entitled to part of the gigantic fortune of her ex-husband, she suddenly became one of the richest women in the world.
But instead of enjoying her new independence for herself, MacKenzie Scott announced that she wants to donate her immeasurable wealth as soon as possible.
Now MacKenzie Scott has remarried: a science teacher, as reported by the finance portal
Bloomberg
.
Dan Jewett appears to have as much a charitable streak as MacKenzie Scott himself - and shortly after the wedding announced that he intended to donate a large part of the fortune.
"By lucky coincidence, I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know and join in their quest to use their enormous financial wealth for the benefit of others," wrote Dan Jewett on the Giving Pledge website of billionaires, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, who want to donate a large portion of their fortune.
MackKenze Scott joined the initiative following her divorce from Jeff Bezos.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 50-year-old is the 22nd richest person in the world with a net worth of $ 53.5 billion.
Jeff Bezos publicly congratulated his ex-wife on the happiness of his marriage.
"Dan is such a great guy and I'm happy for both of them," said the Amazon founder through a spokesman.
4.2 billion euros: Jeff Bezos' ex-wife is giving away a fortune in 2020
First report from December 16, 2020:
Washington - According to several rankings, Jeff Bezos is considered the richest man in the world.
The steadily increasing fortune of the Amazon founder * is currently estimated at 185 billion dollars - after the divorce in 2019, four percent of Amazon shares and a not insignificant part went to his current
ex-wife
MacKenzie Scott, who had already announced the Wanting to donate half of it *.
With an estimated
fortune
of currently 60.1 billion dollars (about 49.3 billion euros),
according to the US news agency
Bloomberg
,
MacKenzie Scott is
one of the 20 richest people on earth - in 2020 she was even able to be
dubbed
the
richest woman in the world
.
However, the
American is
currently
spending her money
at an unprecedented rate.
Or rather: she's giving it away.
+
After the divorce, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife received a significant portion of his fortune - and four percent of Amazon's shares.
© dpa / Jörg Carstensen
Even
Jeff Bezos
showed up this year already generous and announced a Giga-donation for the fight against climate change.
However, his
ex-wife
is no less generous.
A whopping 4.2 billion dollars (about 3.4 billion euros) migrated from
MacKenzie Scott's
account to a total of 384 non-profit organizations in all 50 US states
in the past four months alone
.
She
informed the public
about her
charitable commitment
in a blog entry and announced that these would probably not be her last
donations
.
"I am still far from
keeping
my promise," writes
MacKenzie Scott
in the statement, allegedly referring to her involvement in the initiative "The Giving Pledge", to which she has been committed since 2019.
This is a
campaign organized
by
Bill Gates
and Warren Buffett, whose super-rich supporters pledge
to spend
at least half of their
wealth
on
charity
.
To ensure that their donations also find the right addressee,
MacKenzie Scott
and her advisors were extremely meticulous in their selection and carried out extensive analyzes.
According to
MacKenzie Scott's
blog entry,
6,490 potential beneficiaries of the
donations
were available
at the beginning of the data collection - these were, for example, human rights organizations or companies that enable food to be served.
Only 822 of them even made it to the next round, which means that they were put under the microscope by the currently second richest woman in the world and her team.
MacKenzie Scott Uses Amazon Wealth To Help Poor In The Pandemic
MacKenzie Scott gives away $ 4.2 billion in historic charity binge https://t.co/iWWFNPSOaW
- Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 16, 2020
MacKenzie Scott
justifies her commitment,
among other things, with the
effects of
the global spread of the
coronavirus
.
"For Americans who had problems before, this
pandemic was like
a wrecking ball in their lives," explains the
billionaire
.
"Economic losses and health consequences were equally worse for women, people of color and people living in poverty."
Another effect of
corona crisis
talks
MacKenzie Scott
also in this context.
Because: In contrast to the previously poor, many rich
even benefited
from the
pandemic
.
"In the meantime it has increased the wealth of the billionaires considerably," said
Jeff Bezos
'
ex-wife
, who is herself one of these profiteers.
Her
net worth
grew by $ 23.6 billion this year alone,
according to
Bloomberg
.
The main source of this wealth is likely to be the income from their company shares on
Amazon
.
In selecting the
organizations to
benefit
from the
donations
, the team of advisors therefore “paid particular attention to those who operate in communities with high levels of food insecurity, high levels of racial inequality, high local poverty rates and poor access to philanthropic capital are, ”writes
MacKenzie Scott
in her blog post.
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen network.
List of rubric lists: © dpa / Jörg Carstensen
