MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher
SEATTLE – MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science professor who expressed his gratitude “for the exceptional privilege of partnering to donate assets with the potential to do so much good when shared “.
Dan Jewett, who announced a letter to the nonprofit The Giving Pledge on Saturday, said he never imagined he would be able to talk about giving away significant wealth during his lifetime in order to mark the difference in other people’s lives.
Jewett has been a teacher for decades and most recently taught chemistry at the private Lakeside School, where Scott’s children attended.
“And now, in a happy coincidence, I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know, and I join her in the commitment to pass on a huge financial wealth to serve others,” Jewett wrote.
After donating $ 1.668 billion to 116 nonprofits, universities, community development groups and legal organizations last July, Scott asked a team of advisers to help him “accelerate” his 2020 giving immediate help to people financially devastated by the pandemic.
Scott donated a total of $ 5.7 billion in 2020 asking community leaders to help identify 512 seven- and eight-figure gift organizations, including food banks, human services organizations, and charities. racial justice.
She was ranked No. 2 among the 50 Americans who donated the most to charity last year, according to the Philanthropy Chronicle’s annual ranking.
Bezos topped the list by donating $ 10 billion to launch the Bezos Earth Fund.