MacKenzie Scott | |
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Born | MacKenzie Scott Tuttle April 7, 1970 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Other names | MacKenzie Bezos |
Education | Princeton University (BA) |
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Notable work | The Testing of Luther Albright |
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Children | 4 |
Awards | American Book Award (2006) |
MacKenzie Scott (née Tuttle, formerly Bezos; born April 7, 1970)[1][2] is an American novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. As of June 2024[update], she has a net worth of US$36.1 billion, owning a 4% stake in Amazon.[3][4] As such, Scott came out of her divorce as the third-wealthiest woman in the United States and the 47th-wealthiest individual in the world.[5] Scott was named in the list of world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes in 2023[6] and 2021; including one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2020.[7]
In 2006, Scott won an American Book Award for her 2005 debut novel, The Testing of Luther Albright.[8] Her second novel, Traps, was published in 2013. She has been executive director of Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organization, since she founded it in 2014.[9] She is committed to giving at least half of her wealth to charity as a signatory to the Giving Pledge.[10] Scott made US$5.8 billion in charitable gifts in 2020, one of the largest annual distributions by a private individual to working charities.[11][12] She donated a further $2.7 billion in 2021.[13] As of mid-December 2022, Scott had given a total of $14 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations.[4][14]
...marriage of Jeffrey Preston Bezos and MacKenzie Scott Tuttle.
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