Dan Jewett, a science teacher from Seattle, not only tied the knot, but also entered a new world for him. Jewett’s other half is philanthropist MacKenzie Scott (50), one of the richest in the world. Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon boss, billionaire and the richest person in the world, Jeff Bezos.
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Joeri Vlemings
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Forbes, Wall Street Journal
In 2019, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos’ marriage ended after 25 years. The divorce earned MacKenzie Scott a quarter of Jeff Bezos’ stock in Amazon. As a result, she is currently in 22nd place in the Forbes rich list, with a net worth of no less than 53 billion dollars (almost 45 billion euros). This makes her the third richest woman in the world, according to Forbes, after Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (heiress to L’Oréal and good for $ 72.7 billion or 61.2 billion euros) and Alice Walton (heiress to Walmart and good for 61, 5 billion dollars or 51.8 billion euros).
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Scott announced soon after her divorce that she would donate at least half of her fortune in her lifetime to nonprofits. Before that, she signed the so-called Giving Pledge pledge.
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In July, the philanthropist had already donated 1.7 billion dollars (1.4 billion euros) to charities by the year 2020. She then donated another 3.5 billion euros in four months. “The pandemic is wrecking the lives of Americans who are already struggling,” she wrote in December last year. “Both the economic losses and the health consequences are worse for women, for people of color and for people living in poverty. And that while the pandemic has only made the billionaires considerably richer. ”
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Her new husband, Dan Jewett, has also registered in the Giving Pledge. “Lucky coincidence wants me to be married to one of the most generous and sweetest people I know, and I also join her commitment to donate enormous financial wealth to the service of others,” said Jewett on the website. from Giving Pledge.
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“I was a teacher most of my life, but also a grateful student in the generosity of those around me. This meant that I did my best to follow their example, passing on resources of all kinds whenever I could – from time, to energy, to material possessions. ”
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The couple lives with Scott’s four children – three sons and an adopted daughter from China – in Seattle, Washington.
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