MacKenzie Scott, the novelist and venture philanthropist donated $1.7 billion to charities supporting various causes. She is known for her massive donations after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott received four percent of Amazon shares which means $36 billion in the divorce settlement. Since then Scott has been on a donation spree. The lady has so far donated to 100 non-profit organizations as reported by the New York Times. This didn't stop her from making another whopping $1.7 billion donations on Tuesday. It seems like she is fulfilling her promise to give away her money "until the safe is empty".
She made donations to a list of institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities as well as organizations that support women’s rights, economic and gender equality, LGBTQ rights, race, and ethnicity, etc. She said, “Every one of them is tackling complex challenges that will require a sustained effort over many years, while simultaneously addressing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Mackenzie Scott is the 13th richest person and fourth richest woman in the world after her divorce. She and Jeff Bezo were married for 25 years. They met at a New York hedge fund, got in a relationship as they went on to laid the foundation of Amazon from a garage.
“Like many, I watched the first half of 2020 with a mixture of heartbreak and horror,” Scott said. “Life will never stop finding fresh ways to expose inequities in our systems, or waking us up to the fact that a civilization this imbalanced is not only unjust but also unstable.”
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