Archive · 8 Nov 2025

MacKenzie Scott Donates $19 Billion from Amazon Stock Sales

MacKenzie Scott Donates $19 Billion from Amazon Stock Sales

Imagine MacKenzie Scott, who used to be married to the boss of Amazon, got a lot of Amazon company shares as part of their divorce.

Instead of keeping all those shares, she decided to sell a big chunk of them.

She's using the money from selling these shares to give away a huge amount, over $19 billion, to many different charities and important causes.

These causes help people with things like fairness, education, and recovering from disasters.

She gives the money through a special group she started to help manage these big donations.

She's still selling more shares because her wealth keeps growing, and she wants to keep giving money away to help others.

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