MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, is giving away $1billion a month to marginalized and underfunded groups.
She revealed Tuesday that she has already donated $4billion over the past four months to about 400 nonprofit organizations.
MacKenzie became one of the world’s richest people after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos after it was discovered he was having an affair with now-girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.
In a Medium post, MacKenzie said, “This pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling. Economic losses and health outcomes alike have been worse for women, for people of color, and for people living in poverty. Meanwhile, it has substantially increased the wealth of billionaires.”
MacKenzie has a net worth of about $60 billion, and according to Bloomberg, this year, her wealth has increased by $23.6billion.
“These 384 carefully selected teams have dedicated their lives to helping others, working and volunteering and serving real people face-to-face at bedsides and tables, in prisons and courtrooms and classrooms, on streets and hospital wards and hotlines and frontlines of all types and sizes, day after day after day,” she said of the groups she chose to donate to.
