The name Mackenzie Scott, formerly Mackenzie Bezos, is associated with extraordinary riches and extraordinary philanthropy. Among the richest people in the planet, she has drawn notice for her commitment to give back to society in addition to her substantial wealth. She is the ex-wife of one of the richest men in the world, Jeff Bezos. She is also an American novelist and philanthropist. How much is Mackenzie Scott net worth? Let’s find out.
Mackenzie Scott: Early Life
On April 7, 1970, in San Francisco, California, MacKenzie Scott Tuttle was born into a family of housewife Holiday Robin and financial planner Jason Baker Tuttle. Her brothers are two. She was given the name G.
Scott Cuming in honour of her maternal grandpa, an executive and general counsel for El Paso Natural Gas. She first took writing seriously when she was six years old, and she composed a 142-page book called The Book Worm, which was destroyed in a flood.
She received her diploma in 1988 from Lakeville, Connecticut’s Hotchkiss School. Tuttle studied under Nobel Laureate in Literature Toni Morrison at Princeton University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1992. Morrison called Tuttle “one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative writing classes.”
Mackenzie Scott: Career
Following her graduation from college, Mackenzie assisted Morrison with research for her 1992 book Jazz. She also met Jeff Bezos while working in an administrative capacity for the New York City hedge fund D. E. Shaw.
Bezos and Scott tied the knot in 1993. They moved to Seattle, quit D. E. Shaw, and founded Amazon the next year. Scott was among the original workers at Amazon and played a significant role in the company’s early development, helping with the name, business model, accounts, and early order shipping. She also negotiated the first goods contract for the business. Scott stepped out from the industry after 1996 in favour of concentrating on her family and writing career.
Scott wrote The Testing of Luther Albright, her debut book, in 2005. In 2006, the book won an American Book Award. She claimed that while she was raising her family and assisting Bezos in building Amazon, it took her ten years to write the book. Her old professor Toni Morrison called the book “a rarity: a sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart” in her review. Traps, her second book, was released in 2013. NPD BookScan reports that her books sold poorly.
Mackenzie Scott Net Worth
With a net worth of US$40.6 billion as of January 2024, she owns 4% of Amazon, the business that her ex-husband Jeff Bezos started. Scott is therefore the 47th wealthiest person in the world and the third wealthiest woman in the United States. In 2020, Time listed Scott as one of the 100 most influential individuals, and in 2021 Forbes called her the most powerful woman in the world.
