Great Scott Hits Home in Philanthropic Blitz


credit: Florida Today

Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has acknowledged another US$2 billion in donations.

The total she's given away since 2019 to US$19.2 billion.

Most of Scott's wealth comes from shares of Amazon when she divorced Jeff Bezos.

Forbes puts her wealth at US$31.7 billion, even after five years of philanthropy.

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