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MacKenzie Scott
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Bezos in 2016
Born
MacKenzie Scott Tuttle

7 April 1970 (aged 56)
EducationPrinceton University (B.A.)
Occupation
  • novelist
  • activist
  • philanthropist
Net worthUS$ 60.3 billion (November 2020)[1]
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1993; div. 2019)​
Children4
AwardsAmerican Book Award (2006)

MacKenzie Scott (née Tuttle, formerly Bezos; born April 7, 1970)[2] is an American novelist, activist, and philanthropist. She has been the world's richest woman since September 2020.

She has been the executive director of Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organization she founded, since 2014.

Personal life

MacKenzie was married to Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, from 1993 to 2019. Their divorce made her the third-richest woman in the world and one of the richest people overall by April 2019.[3]

Wealth

In June 2020, it was revealed by Forbes magazine that she is the 22nd richest person in the world, largely thanks to her $38 billion divorce settlement.[4]

In September 2020, she was named the world's richest woman with a net worth of over $60 billion.[5]

MacKenzie Scott Media

References

  1. ↑ #13 MacKenzie Scott. Forbes. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Trotter, J.K.. What we know, and don't know, about Jeff Bezos' religious beliefs. Insider (January 22, 2019). Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Bromwich, Jonah Engel; Alter, Alexandra (2019-01-12). "Who Is MacKenzie Bezos?" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/style/jeff-bezos-mackenzie-divorce.html. Retrieved 2020-05-31. 
  4. ↑ Business, Jordan Valinsky, CNN. Jeff Bezos tops Forbes list of billionaires, again. CNN (7 April 2020). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. ↑ Business, Jazmin Goodwin, CNN. MacKenzie Scott has become the world's richest woman. CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-10.

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