"After finalizing her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott ended up with a load of shares she earned from helping to build the e-commerce giant during its early days, when she helped with business plans and contracts. Upon their divorce, Scott received roughly a 4% stake in Amazon, or about 139 million shares at the time. Since 2020, Scott has reduced her stake by 42%, selling or donating about 58 million shares."
"Whose generosity did I think of every time I made every one of the thousands of gifts I've been able to give? It was the local dentist who offered me free dental work when he saw me securing a broken tooth with denture glue in college. It was the college roommate who found me crying, and acted on her urge to loan me a thousand dollars to keep me from having to drop out in my sophomore year."
MacKenzie Scott received roughly a 4% Amazon stake (about 139 million shares) after finalizing her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos. Since 2020 she has reduced that stake by 42%, selling or donating about 58 million shares. Scott has donated approximately $19.25 billion through her Yield Giving platform, founded in 2022, while retaining a net worth above $35 billion. Yield Giving has given to thousands of organizations, prioritizing DEI, education, disaster recovery, and other causes. This fall alone she donated over $400 million to education- and DEI-focused organizations, often their largest gifts. Scott cites early personal help in college as motivation for her generosity.
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