MacKenzie Scott has been one of the most generous philanthropists during the past few years, and an episode in college may help explain why.

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. The philanthropist is still worth more than $35 billion today, despite having donated $19.25 billion through her philanthropic platform Yield Giving , which she founded in 2022. Yield Giving has donated to thousan

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