MacKenzie Scott is an American philanthropist, author, and former wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. She is the founder of the philanthropic organization, The Giving Pledge, and has donated billions of dollars to charitable causes. She is also the author of the novel, The Testing of Luther Albright.
MacKenzie Scott was born on April 7, 1970, in San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of a teacher and a financial analyst. She attended Princeton University, where she earned a degree in English literature. After college, she worked as a research associate at D.E. Shaw & Co., a Wall Street investment firm.
MacKenzie Scott met Jeff Bezos in 1992 and the two married in 1993. They have four children together. In 1994, MacKenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, which has since become one of the world’s largest online retailers.
MacKenzie Scott has an estimated net worth of $60 billion. She is one of the world’s wealthiest women and is ranked as the third-richest woman in the world.
In 2019, MacKenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos announced their divorce. Following the divorce, MacKenzie Scott received a 4% stake in Amazon, which is worth an estimated $36 billion.
In 2020, MacKenzie Scott announced that she had donated $1.7 billion to 116 organizations. She has since donated billions more to charitable causes.
MacKenzie Scott is a member of The Giving Pledge, an organization founded by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. The organization encourages wealthy individuals to donate a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
MacKenzie Scott is 5 feet 8 inches tall. She is currently single and resides in Seattle, Washington.
