{"id":6922,"date":"2016-05-31T06:37:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T01:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2016-05-31T06:37:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T01:07:27","slug":"worlds-richest-woman-mackenzie-scott-charity-jeff-bezos-amazon-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6922","title":{"rendered":"Bad Boy Billionaires Take Note: The World\u2019s Richest Woman, MacKenzie Scott, Is also the Most Charitable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">W<\/span>hen MacKenzie Scott divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, the company shares she received as part of the settlement instantly catapulted her into the list of the world\u2019s wealthiest individuals. This year, as Amazon became one of the few companies to actually see its stock rise during the pandemic, the boost to Scott\u2019s net worth saw her become the richest woman in the world. In September, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index declared that Scott\u2019s total net worth amounted to $ 66.4 billion. And in addition to being the world\u2019s richest woman, Scott has also proven to be the world\u2019s most charitable, giving away vast sums amounting to billions of dollars to charity, setting a philanthropic example for her fellow members of the ultra-rich.\n\nYesterday, Scott published a<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@mackenzie_scott\/384-ways-to-help-45d0b9ac6ad8\"> blog post<\/a> titled \u201c384 Ways to Help\u201d. In it, the 50-year-old award-winning author outlined the manner in which she has been accelerating her \u201cdonation strategy\u201d. Since July this year, in the space of just over four months, Scott has donated $4.15 billion dollars to 384 organisations across the United States. This comes after Scott\u2019s announcement in July that she had already given away $ 1.7 billion to 116 charities. Last year, Scott signed The Giving Pledge \u2013 an initiative where the world\u2019s richest people commit to donating vast sums to charity \u2013 and vowed to give away at least half her personal wealth to charitable causes during her lifetime.\n\nScott\u2019s commitment to charity is of a markedly different stripe than many other philanthropists, which is what makes her stand out. Rather than setting up a foundation in her name or dictating how her donations should be used by the recipients, Scott simply chose to give out small grants to a diverse array of small charitable organisations and educational institutions. A profile of Scott by author Stephanie Clifford, published in October this year, says that she is \u201cmaking a mark as a new kind of philanthropist.\u201d\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Since July this year, in the space of just over four months, MacKenzie Scott has donated $4.15 billion dollars to 384 organisations across the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nDuring her 25-year marriage to Bezos, which saw Amazon grow from a garage-run start-up to the golden goose that made Bezos the richest man in the world, Scott was rarely in the spotlight. However, when the news of the couple\u2019s divorce first broke in January 2019, Scott\u2019s newfound status as one of the globe\u2019s highest net-worth individuals saw her become the target of some misogynistic comments. The fact that Scott was Amazon\u2019s first-ever employee and a central figure during its early years, and therefore entitled to her shares and stake in the company, was forgotten by internet trolls in favour of a narrative about a \u201cgold-digger\u201d who got rich by riding on the coat-tails of a man\u2019s success.\n\nScott is now single-handedly rewriting that narrative \u2013 rather fitting, considering her career as an author and Amazon\u2019s origins as an online bookstore. In 2020 alone, she has given approximately $6 billion to charity, while also publishing details like a list of organisations that would be receiving funds, as well as the total number of organisations her team considered before shortlisting the recipient. In her blog post, Scott said, \u201cThis pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling\u2026 Economic losses and health outcomes alike have been worse for women, for people of colour, and for people living in poverty. Meanwhile, it has substantially increased the wealth of billionaires.\u201d This self-aware nature of her own wealth, and its potential to be used for improving the lives of others, is evident in the almost unprecedented pace at which she is donating it.\n\nThe unpleasant reality is that wealth inequality is what leads to billionaires existing in the first place; however, if they took a cue from MacKenzie Scott, the world might be a better place.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $6 billion to charities and educational institutions. 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