"And some critics have called his charm offensive via fashion photo shoots and founder Jeff Bezos' ex MacKenzie Scott also made the list for her historic philanthropy, donating almost $2 billion to 343 organizations focused on the support of underserved communities in this year alone."
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"The events surrounding the divorce of Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott in early 2019 were almost too far-fetched to believe. "
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"MacKenzie Scott's donation is a landmark, but where are all the Brazilian billionaires?"
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"MacKenzie Scott has transformed American philanthropy in the past three years by giving record amounts of money to often overlooked causes. "
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"MacKenzie Scott donated almost $3.9 billion in the past nine months to 465 organizations, including the largest-ever gift from one person to Planned Parenthood."
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"In her biggest known gift, MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity as the housing crisis across the U.S. intensifies."
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"Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott are among philanthropists donating money to the Gender Fund, which seeks to raise $1 billion to advance equality and women's leadership in Africa, Asia and Latin America."
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"We are so grateful to MacKenzie Scott for this donation of unrestricted resources, given to the organization with full trust that we will maximize this generous gift," said Adeola Whitney, CEO of Reading Partners. "
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"Oakland, CA, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reading Partners received a $20 million, unrestricted gift from MacKenzie Scott to support the national nonprofit's evidence-based early literacy intervention program. "
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"The contribution from MacKenzie Scott provides timely support as Reading Partners aims to accelerate progress toward its mission of helping children become skilled, confident, lifelong readers."
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"While billionaires, including MacKenzie Scott and Jack Dorsey, have used Fidelity and other sponsors as a way station for their giving, most DAF users aren't super-wealthy. "
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"Tierney founded Bridgespan in 2000 -- around the time the Gates Foundation was formed -- after running management consultancy Bain & Co. The Gates Foundation has worked with Bridgespan, which has grown more prominent recently for its role in helping MacKenzie Scott dole out billions of dollars at a record pace."
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"MacKenzie Scott set records for philanthropy, while her ex-husband Jeff Bezos amped up his giving to environmental causes after stepping down as CEO of Amazon.com Inc."
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"MacKenzie Scott's latest letter about her giving included a lot of philosophical musings most billionaires do not routinely share. "
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"MacKenzie Scott has upended philanthropy in the past year by announcing three separate donation sprees totaling $8.6 billion, among the biggest giveaways in history, and providing the names of each recipient."
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"His ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has emerged as one of the most prominent philanthropists in the world after they divorced in 2019. "
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"He started the Day One Fund in 2018 when he and his then-wife MacKenzie Scott committed $2 billion to help homeless families and create a network of nonprofit preschools in low-income communities."
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"When MacKenzie Scott wanted to begin spending her billions on philanthropy - $8 billion and counting - she turned to Bridgespan, a little-known nonprofit company that has become one of the most influential advisers in the world of charitable giving, The Times's Nick Kulish reports."
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"It's the biggest two-day decline in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and the biggest one-day fall after Jeff Bezos's $36 billion plunge following his divorce from MacKenzie Scott in 2019."
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"It received the investment via ADDF's Diagnostics Accelerator, a collaborative research initiative supported by Leonard A. Lauder, Bill Gates, the Dolby family, the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott among other leading philanthropists. "
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"In contrast, when Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott divorced, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailed how Mr. Bezos would keep three-quarters of the couple's shares of Amazon, while Ms. Scott would hold onto the rest, which came to 4 percent of the company."
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"An initiative from philanthropists Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott and the family foundation of billionaire Lynn Schusterman awarded $40 million Thursday to four promoting gender equality projects in tech, higher education, caregiving and minority communities."
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"Philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates joined forces Thursday to give $40 million to four organizations that promote gender equality."
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"French Gates also is funding an effort alongside MacKenzie Scott -- who has been accelerating her own charitable giving following her divorce from Bezos. "
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"Billionaire MacKenzie Scott recently announced that she's giving $2.73 billion to community and regional colleges. "
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"As one message on Twitter put it-this MacKenzie Scott gift couldn't have come at a more important time."
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"It's just a lot of life-altering options."Read next: How Much Have Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott Donated to Charity?"
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"CNN and the Trump administration have been at war for the past few years, and at least some media watchers feel the company would be best placed in the hands of a benevolent high net worth individual - perhaps the mega-philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott (former wife of Jeff Bezos) or Laurene Powell Jobs, who inherited stakes in Disney through her late husband, Steve Jobs. "
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"Bezos's fortune has almost doubled since he topped the $100 billion mark in late 2017, even after ceding a quarter of his Amazon stake to ex-wife MacKenzie Scott in a divorce in 2019. "
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"Bloomberg notes that Bezos, who had been the world's richest person since 2017, would still hold a sizable lead over Musk if it weren't for his divorce from MacKenzie Scott in 2019, which gave his ex-wife 25% of his Amazon stake. "
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"MacKenzie Scott is giving away her fortune at an unprecedented pace, donating more than $4 billion in four months after announcing $1.7 billion in gifts in July."
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"Just months after announcing she'd given away $1.7 billion in July, MacKenzie Scott said she's donated another $4.2 billion."
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"MacKenzie Scott announced in July that she gave eight-figure donations to six historically black colleges. "
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"Also Monday, Jeff Bezos's ex-wife MacKenzie Scott became the world's richest woman, passing L'Oreal SA heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. "
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