Being able to get married well and divorce pays off. The former wife of Amazon founder and director Jeff Bezos, philanthropist and writer MacKenzie Scott, is now the richest woman and the twelfth richest person in the world.
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On Wednesday, Scott took the top spot that had hitherto been L’Oréal heiress Francois Bettencourt Meyers. But due to a drop in shares on Thursday, the order changed again, Scott lost more than three billion dollars.
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Even on Wednesday, its net worth was $ 68 billion. Server CNN He said she had acquired most of her current assets through a favorable divorce settlement after she ended her marriage to Bezos in 2019. At that time, it received a quarter of Amazon’s joint shares, which corresponded to a 4 percent stake in the company. At the time, Amazon’s value was $ 35 billion.
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Scott wants to donate most of her assets to charity. In July this year, it announced that it had already donated almost $ 1.7 billion to 116 organizations. The billionaire described them as organizations focusing on areas such as racial justice, LGBTQ community equality, functioning democracies and climate change.
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“Like many others, I watched the first half of 2020 with horror and a broken heart at the same time,” Scott wrote. “What fills me is the thought of what will come if each of us thinks about what we have to offer.”
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Last year, Scott also signed the Giving Pledge initiative, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates with the fourth richest man on the planet, Warren Buffett. The initiative encourages the richest people in the world to donate most of their wealth to charity. Its members include Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. The richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, refused to sign.
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Scott married Jeff Bezose in 1993 and their marriage lasted more than a quarter of a century. She stood by his side as he launched Amazon’s largest online store today. She herself worked for the company for some time, took care of accounting and also helped with the packaging of goods.
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Amazon stocks have jumped 28 percent in the past three months. According to Refinitiv, they have risen by more than 90 percent this year. Thanks to their sharp increase, Bezos’ wealth has risen to more than $ 200 billion.
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