According to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, Mackenzie Scott is the richest woman in the world with a fortune of ck 3 billion.
Scott is the world wife of social worker and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world. According to Bloomberg, she also achieved a new status when she surpassed L’Oreal’s successor, Francis Batoncourt Meyers, who gained 33% control of the world’s largest cosmetics company and amassed a fortune of $ 8 billion.
Bezos and Scott divorced in 2019, and as a result, Scott acquired millions of Amazon shares worth an estimated 38 38 billion.
In a July blog post, Scott said he donated his of 1.7 billion in assets last year for a variety of reasons, including racial equality, LGBTQ rights, public health and climate change.
Business Insider previously reported that over the weekend, Scott got his money back after the price of his Amazon stake increased.
In 2019, Scott also signed the Giving Pledge Initiative, which encourages the world’s wealthiest people to donate most of their wealth.
Scott is the richest woman and the 12th richest person on Bloomberg’s list, behind well-known tech moguls including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
The 16 richest Americans on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and the Forbes Billionaires List are valued at more than 1 1 trillion. When the tech heavyweights populate the top ranks of the lists, they appear with powerful coaches and other familiar individuals, such as members of the Wal Walton families.
