Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife MacKenzie Scott Continues To Donate Billions To Charity
06/15/21 AT 5:39 PM
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced on Tuesday that she and her husband Dan Jewett would donate another $2.74 billion to charity.
Scott, who divorced Bezos in 2019, announced in a blog post that she would donate "$2,739,000,000 in gifts to 286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked."
Scott, who has already donated $8.5 billion, has an estimated net worth of $59.8 billion after her divorce. Scott and Jewett, a Seattle science teacher, got married in March.
"Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisors — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change," the blog reads.