MacKenzie Scott

MacKenzie Scott (<a href="/facts/Birth_name/FctFJcbg">née</a> Tuttle, formerly Bezos; born April 7, 1970) is an American novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife of <a href="/facts/Amazon_(company)/YzUTUVE8">Amazon</a> founder <a href="/facts/Jeff_Bezos/VV9IzSa3">Jeff Bezos</a>. As of May 2025, she has a net worth of US$35.9 billion, according to <a href="/facts/Bloomberg_Billionaires_Index/nyGd2YWE">Bloomberg Billionaires Index</a>, owning a 4% stake in Amazon. As such, Scott is the third-wealthiest woman in the United States and the 38th-wealthiest person in the world. Scott was named one of <a href="/facts/Time_(magazine)/N4FXc99l">Time</a>'s <a href="/facts/Time_100/12J5tflY">100 most influential people</a> in 2020 and one of the <a href="/facts/Forbes_list_of_The_World%2527s_100_Most_Powerful_Women/enxW17ex">world's 100 most powerful women</a> by <a href="/facts/Forbes/lyULpGhW">Forbes</a> in 2021 and 2023. 
In 2006, Scott won an <a href="/facts/American_Book_Awards/XsJUlQg5">American Book Award</a> for her 2005 <a href="/facts/Debut_novel/fIsDgT8w">debut novel</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Testing_of_Luther_Albright/V5fvAHEr">The Testing of Luther Albright</a>. Her second novel, <a href="/facts/Traps_(Scott_novel)/DbXM7R8F">Traps</a>, was published in 2013. She has been executive director of <a href="/facts/Bystander_Revolution/TtL07aLu">Bystander Revolution</a>, an <a href="/facts/Anti-bullying_legislation/nxnIxV71">anti-bullying</a> organization, since she founded it in 2014. She is committed to giving at least half of her wealth to charity as a signatory to the <a href="/facts/The_Giving_Pledge/7jF34Vpw">Giving Pledge</a>. Scott made $5.8 billion in charitable gifts in 2020, one of the largest annual distributions by a private individual to working charities. She donated a further $2.7 billion in 2021. As of mid-December 2024, Scott had given a total of $19.3 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations.

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MacKenzie Scott