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MacKenzie Scott is an American philanthropist and author who is also the former wife of Jeff Bezos.

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MacKenzie Scott is an American philanthropist and author who is also famously known for being the former wife of Jeff Bezos, the founder of the e-commerce company Amazon. They were married from 1993 until their divorce in 2019. MacKenzie is the founder of the anti-bullying organization Bystander Revolution. She was hailed as one of the “world’s most powerful women” by Forbes in 2021.

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Key Facts & Information

EARLY LIFE & EDUCATION

  • MacKenzie Scott Tuttle was born on April 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Northern California.
  • She was born as the only daughter of Jason Baker Tuttle, a financial planner, and Holiday Robin (née Cuming), a housewife.
  • She has two brothers.
  • MacKenzie was named after her maternal grandfather, G. Scott Cuming, who reportedly held an executive position and worked as general counsel at the American company, El Paso Natural Gas.
  • She was passionate about literature when she was a child.
  • At the age of six, MacKenzie wrote a 142-page manuscript book entitled “The Book Worm.”
  • Unfortunately, the book was destroyed in a flood.
  • It was a good thing MacKenzie lucked out in the family department as her parents made sure to provide her quality education for a person who wanted to have a career in journalism or literature.
  • MacKenzie attended high school in Hotchkiss High School located in Connecticut; she graduated in 1988.
  • For college, she attended Princeton University, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree, with honors, in English in 1992.
  • One of her professors happened to be a famous African-American novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Toni Morrison.
  • Toni Morrison regarded MacKenzie as one of her all-time best students in her creative writing classes.

CAREER IN LITERATURE

  • Following her college graduation, MacKenzie worked as a research assistant to Toni Morrison, particularly for her 1992 historical novel “Jazz.”
  • It took ten years for MacKenzie to complete her debut novel entitled “The Testing of Luther Albright”, which was published in 2005.
  • In 2006, MacKenzie won an American Book Award for “‘Outstanding Literary Achievement” for her first book.
  • “The Testing of Luther Albright” follows the story of a man named Luther Albright, whose roles as a devoted father to his children, an honorable husband to his wife, and a competent engineer at his workplace face challenges.
  • MacKenzie’s debut novel received generally positive reviews and proved to be an instant success.
  • Throughout the time she was working on her first book, she was also helping her husband, Jeff Bezos, build the tech company Amazon.com.
  • On top of helping set up Jeff’s company and her own work, MacKenzie also fulfilled her motherly duties of raising their three children through their formative years.
  • In 2013, her second book entitled “Traps” was published.
  • Unlike her first book, “Traps” is a thriller that tells the story of not just one, but four characters, and this time, they are women.
  • These women, who go by the names of Jessica, Vivian, Lynn, and Dana, come from different backgrounds.
  • In this novel, published by Knopf, their paths fatefully cross on a four-day road trip to Las Vegas.

AN AMAZON.COM REVIEW

  • In 2013, MacKenzie exercised her writing chops in a different way: by reviewing the book “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Bloomberg Businessweek’s Brad Stone.
  • She rated the review one out of five stars, regardless of the favorable ratings the book has received in general.
  • Entitled “An Amazon.com Review”, MacKenzie’s 900-word book review pointed out alleged erroneous parts of the book, such as how Amazon.com’s work culture was misrepresented and that Jeff had read the book “Remains of the Day” after he began Amazon, not before it, like how Stone detailed.
  • She also highlighted the book’s attempt to speak for Jeff’s state of mind when the Amazon founder was not even interviewed for the book.
  • Contrary to MacKenzie’s criticisms, one of Amazon’s first employees, Shel Kaphan, wrote a four-star review of Stone’s book.

INVOLVEMENT IN AMAZON

  • MacKenzie met Jeff Bezos while working as his assistant at the hedge fund D. E. Shaw in 1992.
  • They dated for three months in New York before tying the knot in 1993.
  • Following MacKenzie’s marriage to Jeff, they relocated to Seattle, Washington.
  • In July 1994, Jeff founded Amazon, which would become the world’s biggest online retailer.
  • MacKenzie was one of Amazon’s first employees.
  • She played a major role in coming up with the company’s name, business plan, and accounts during Amazon’s early days.
  • She was heavily involved in shipping early orders and also negotiated Amazon’s first freight contract.

DIVORCE WITH JEFF BEZOS

  • In January 2019, MacKenzie and Jeff went public with their intention to separate after 25 years of marriage.
  • The couple’s divorce was finalized on April 4, 2019. 
  • As part of the community property divorce deal, MacKenzie was granted 25% in Amazon stock while Jeff retained 75%.
  • At the time, her Amazon stock was worth $35.6 billion, making her the third-wealthiest woman in the world. 
  • By September 2020, Scott was named the world’s richest woman with a $68 billion net worth.
  • Following the divorce, she changed her name to MacKenzie Scott, with the surname coming from her middle name.
  • In 2021, she married Seattle-based high school chemistry teacher Dan Jewett. 
  • In September 2022, MacKenzie filed for divorce, and Dan did not contest it.

PHILANTHROPY AND ACTIVISM

  • In 2014, MacKenzie founded the anti-bullying organization “Bystander Revolution” for which she currently serves as the executive director.
  • Bystander Revolution’s website includes numerous crowdsourced videos about how to deal with bullying effectively.
  • Also available on the site are suggested actions bystanders can take when they witness bullying and free multimedia lessons on anti-bullying topics made for educators.
  • In May 2019, she announced that she had officially become a signatory to the “Giving Pledge” campaign, wherein she pledged to donate at least half of her wealth to charity over the course of her lifetime.
  • She was one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020. Forbes also recognized her as “one of the most powerful women in the world” in 2021.

MacKenzie Scott Worksheets

This fantastic bundle includes everything you need to know about MacKenzie Scott across 26 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use worksheets about MacKenzie Scott, who is an American philanthropist and author who is also famously known for being the former wife of Jeff Bezos.

Complete list of included worksheets:

  1. MacKenzie Scott Facts
  2. A Billionaire’s Biography
  3. Related Vocabulary
  4. Life Timeline
  5. Statements About Scott
  6. Accomplished Author
  7. Who’s Jeff Bezos?
  8. Popular Philanthropists
  9. All About Amazon
  10. A Letter For MacKenzie
  11. Interviewing a Friend

Frequently Asked Questions

Is MacKenzie a billionaire?

Boasting an impressive net worth of $20.6 billion and ranking #14 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, MacKenzie Scott is undeniably one of the wealthiest women in the world today.

How much did MacKenzie Scott take from Bezos?

As Forbes.com reported, Scott and Bezos were married for 25 years until their divorce, when she walked away with a quarter of his Amazon stake – equating to a 4% share in the internet titan.

How did MacKenzie Scott meet Jeff Bezos?

In 1992, Scott and Bezos crossed paths while employed at the D.E. Shaw hedge fund; they tied the knot the subsequent year before eventually relocating to Seattle in 1994.

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