In 2019, Jeff Bezos was the richest man in the world. So, naturally, when he decided to divorce his longtime wife, novelist MacKenzie Scott, their settlement ran into the billions: approximately $35 billion, to be exact.
As part of the divorce settlement, Scott retained a 4% stake in Amazon, the company founded by Bezos in 1994, where she was also one of the first employees.
Since then, Scott has become one of the world’s leading philanthropists, dedicating a large portion of her fortune to…

