Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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MacKenzie Scott, formerly the wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is worth $59.6 billion according to HowMuch.com. $10 million of her fortune is coming to Rhode Island.
United Way of Rhode Island announced on Tuesday that it received a gift in the amount of $10 million from Scott.
Bezos makes her debut on the list after finalizing her divorce with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in July 2019; the award-winning novelist received a quarter of her ex-husband’s shares in the e-commerce giant. MacKenzie signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away at least half of her fortune, in May 2019.
As winter approaches and money and food become scarcer and eviction notices become more widespread, pleas to elected officials for help to save small businesses and employees’ livelihoods will become