MacKenzie Scott donates $640m to US non-profits - BBC News

She has given $16.5b in donations since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos 2019.

14 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Madeline HalpertBBC News, New YorkMacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving $640m (£504m) to non-profit organisations, more than double her previously planned donations for the year.

The billionaire announced this week she would give the money to 361 small groups, out of the more than 6,000 organisations that applied for funding.

She had initially planned to make 250 awards of $1m each this year.

Ms Scott has given away $16.5b since divorcing Mr Bezos in 2019.

She has a net worth of $37.5b according to Forbes, which rates her as the fourth richest woman in the world, and has pledged to give away half of her wealth over the course of her life. Most of the money comes from a 4% stake in Amazon that was included in her divorce settlement.

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