MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist and the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has announced a new round of charitable giving. Scott is worth an estimated $55.1 billion, according to Forbes’ calculations, after taking into account her newest charitable giving. In a post on Medium, Scott, a novelist, said she and her team had vetted hundreds of organizations in recent months and ultimately donated $4.158 billion to 384 groups, which she named and linked to in her post. In July this year, Scott announced, also through a Medium post, that she had donated nearly $1.7 billion to 116 charitable groups. Altogether, Scott’s announced gifts to charitable and nonprofit groups this year total $5.8 billion.

Source: Forbes December 15, 2020 18:51 UTC