MacKenzie Scott has been one of the biggest names in philanthropy in 2025. The billionaire novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has donated hundreds of millions of dollars just in the past few months—but since 2020, she’s donated an eye-popping $19.25 billion.

Scott came to much of her fortune through her connection to Bezos. (They divorced in 2019.) During her marriage, she played a key role in Amazon’s founding and early operations, including helping with business plans and contracts. Upon their divorce, she received roughly a 4% stake in Amazon, which amounted to roughly 139 million shares at the time.

Since then, she’s reduced her stake by about 42% , selling or donating about 58 million shares, worth around $12.6 billion as of late 2025. Sh

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