Archive · 8 Nov 2025
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.
MacKenzie Scott has donated over $19.25 billion to thousands of organizations since 2020.
The donations are funded by the sale of her Amazon stock, received during her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos.
Scott has sold approximately 58 million Amazon shares, valued at around $12.6 billion.
Donations from her philanthropic venture, Yield Giving, support causes like DEI, education, and disaster recovery.
Her net worth was reported as $35.6 billion as of November 8, 2025, with continued Amazon stock sales.
- Who
- MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos
- What
- Donated over $19 billion to various organizations, funded by sales of Amazon stock
- When
- Since 2020, with reporting on November 7, 2025
- Where
- Donations to organizations focusing on DEI, education, and disaster recovery
- Why
- Continuing to offload her stake in Amazon received from her divorce settlement.
- Total Donated
- $19.25 billion
- Donation Vehicle
- Yield Giving (founded 2022)
- Source of Funds
- Sale of Amazon stock (from 2019 divorce settlement)
- Shares Sold (approx.)
- 58 million
- Value of Shares Sold (approx.)
- $12.6 billion
- Net Worth (as of Nov 8, 2025)
- $35.6 billion
- Amazon Stock Performance (last year)
- 17% higher