MacKenzie Scott

2022 - 9 - 29

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MacKenzie Scott, Billionaire Philanthropist, Files for Divorce (The New York Times)

Less than two years after announcing the marriage and their intent to give money away together, Ms. Scott has parted ways with her second husband, ...

Scott posted about her giving on Medium, where she wrote: “Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisers — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change.” Sometime in the past week, searches on the Internet Archive showed, the post was edited, and Mr. In June 2021, Ms. Jewett wrote that he was “grateful for the exceptional privilege it will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to do so much good when shared.” Today there is just a headshot of Ms. Jewett’s name, which had been in recent gift announcements, was nowhere in the news release. [gave two homes in Beverly Hills](https://www.calfund.org/55-million-gift-from-philanthropist-mackenzie-scott/), valued at a combined $55 million, to the California Community Foundation. She rocketed to global attention as she began giving away money at a pace rarely seen in the philanthropic world. Without fanfare, his name was recently edited out of a Medium post Ms. In the past week his name vanished from her philanthropic endeavors. Ms. The petition says any division of property is laid out in a separation contract, agreed to by the couple, which is not public. Scott filed a petition for divorce in the King County Superior Court in Washington State on Monday, according to a copy of the filing.

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Report: Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Is Getting A Divorce From ... (Forbes)

Jewett's name has disappeared from Scott's Giving Pledge letter as well as blog posts detailing her donations.

She recently donated two mansions worth $55 million to the California Community Foundation and on Wednesday, the Episcopal Health Foundation and the Health Forward Foundation announced donations from Scott totaling $20 million and $15 million respectively. His letter for the Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away the majority of one’s wealth in their lifetime, has been deleted from the website along with a picture of the couple. Jewett previously taught chemistry at a private school in Seattle attended by Scott’s children where the pair met.

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MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has filed for divorce from her second husband after less than two years of marriage.

"I look forward to the growth and learning I have ahead as a part of this undertaking with MacKenzie." Scott and Jewett appeared aligned in their commitment to philanthropy. "I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know — and joining her in a commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others," Jewett wrote in his message on Giving Pledge in 2021.

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MacKenzie Scott Files for Divorce From Science Teacher Husband (Bloomberg)

Scott had announced her marriage to Dan Jewett with a joint pledge to give their fortune away.

[MacKenzie Scott](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/id/17488476), one of the world’s richest and most influential philanthropists, filed for divorce from Dan Jewett, a science teacher she married following her 2019 split from Amazon.com Inc. The document shows the couple have a contract spelling out how to divide real estate and other personal property. founder [Jeff Bezos](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/id/1642252).

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Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife MacKenzie Scott Files to Divorce New Husband (TMZ)

MacKenzie beelined it to a Washington state court Monday and filed to divorce Dan Jewett a little more than a year after they got hitched ... according to the ...

they've been together ever since his [January 2019 split](https://www.tmz.com/2019/01/09/jeff-bezos-divorcing-wife-160-billion-divorce/) with MacKenzie. [NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes). [Jeff Bezos](https://www.tmz.com/people/jeff-bezos/) is ending her second marriage. [MacKenzie Scott](https://www.tmz.com/people/mackenzie-bezos/) did not have chemistry, apparently, with her science teacher husband ... [Getty](https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/04/jeff-bezos-divorce-official-wife-mackenzie/) according to the

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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from ... (Yahoo)

The couple was married in 2021 after Ms Scott divorced her first husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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Jeff Bezos' Ex MacKenzie Scott Files for Divorce From Second ... (E! Online)

MacKenzie Scott, who was formerly married to Jeff Bezos, filed for divorce from her second husband Dan Jewett. Learn about their split and how their assets ...

[finalized their divorce](https://www.eonline.com/news/1029716/jeff-bezos-finalizes-divorce-from-mackenzie-bezos?query=jeff%20bezos%20divorce). Following their respective divorces, Jeff and Lauren have gone public with their romance and are still on. (They share four children who remain largely out of the spotlight.) As for where Lauren and Jeff stand now? [Jeff Bezos](https://www.eonline.com/news/jeff_bezos) before tying the knot with Dan in 2021, filed for divorce from Dan on Sept. According to the documents, the pair share a written separation contract which MacKenzie is asking the court to uphold in their split.

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MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has filed for divorce from her second husband after less than two years of marriage.

"I look forward to the growth and learning I have ahead as a part of this undertaking with MacKenzie." Scott and Jewett appeared aligned in their commitment to philanthropy. "I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know — and joining her in a commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others," Jewett wrote in his message on Giving Pledge in 2021.

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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott files for divorce (The Washington Post)

The filing requests that the couple's property be divided according to a separation contract, the details of which were not included in the petition. Jewett and ...

The organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Wednesday. [Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/) estimates Scott’s net worth at $28.9 billion, making her the 39th-richest person on that list. That letter now is missing from the site, as is Jewett’s name. Since then, Scott has been donating her fortune at an astonishing rate — an estimated $12 billion to more than 1,200 groups in three years, [the Times reported in March](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/business/mackenzie-scott-philanthropy.html). Philanthropists make pledges through the organization to donate most of their wealth during their lifetimes or after they die. [$15 million to the Health Forward Foundation](https://healthforward.org/news/mackenzie-scott/) and [$20 million to the Episcopal Health Foundation](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/health/article/Billionaire-philanthropist-MacKenzie-Scott-17470529.php), the organizations announced Tuesday.

MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband (CTV News)

Scott, one of the world's richest people, married Seattle-based science teacher Dan Jewett last year after divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019. Scott ...

[Sci-Tech](https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech) [This ship tried to warn the Titanic about the iceberg. High inflation and a strong U.S. dollar will weigh heavily on Canadian snowbirds this winter, experts say. [169 overdose deaths recorded in B.C. Vice President Kamala Harris flew home from a visit to South Korea during which she traveled to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas and emphasized the 'ironclad' U.S. Erica Ingram, a mother of three who has lived in Port aux Basques, N.L. 1 hr ago The queen's death certificate says the 96-year-old monarch died of old age. "I look forward to the growth and learning I have ahead as a part of this undertaking with MacKenzie." 3 hr ago 6 hr ago 2 hr ago

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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband (The Guardian)

Philanthropist former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos married science teacher Dan Jewett last year.

[tabloid reporting](https://www.nationalenquirer.com/videos/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-text-messages-affair-scandal/) about his relationship with a TV host. The paper also noted that “without fanfare, his name was recently edited out of a Medium post Ms Scott had written last year about their gifts”, as well as Scott’s Amazon page. [said](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html) he was “earnest, not very edgy … [providing affordable housing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/22/mackenzie-scott-gives-436m-affordable-housing). Scott [received $38bn](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/30/amazon-jeff-bezos-ex-wife-mackenzie-handed-38bn-in-divorce-settlement). [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html) that Scott filed for divorce from Dan Jewett in Washington state on Monday.

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