MacKenzie Scott

2022 - 9 - 28

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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.

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.

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.

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.

MacKenzie Scott Is Divorcing Her Science-Teacher Husband (The Cut)

MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, ...

[announced](https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=393) that she planned to give away the entirety of her fortune. Jewett’s name has reportedly been edited out of a News of their nuptials came two years after Scott filed for divorce from Bezos, to whom she had been married for 25 years.

MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband, teacher Dan ... (NBC News)

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott filed for divorce from her second husband, former school teacher Daniel Jewett, ending their 1 1/2-year-old union ...

"I have no doubt that some very highly competent tax lawyers have advised her about this. [wait 90 days, under Washington law](https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/content/pdf/flhbmarriageedition.pdf), from Monday's filing date for the divorce to become final. [Amazon](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN) founder [Jeff Bezos](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeff-bezos-finalizes-divorce-keeps-75-percent-amazon-shares-n991031), [had tied the knot with Jewett in March](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mackenzie-scott-marries-seattle-teacher-after-divorcing-jeff-bezos-n1259954) of last year before filing divorce papers this week in King County Superior Court in Washington state. That 90-day cooling off countdown from Monday means the split could become official as soon as the final week of December — and could allow Scott and Jewett to file their 2022 federal taxes as individuals, University of Washington law professor Terry Price said. [filed for divorce ](https://www.today.com/popculture/mackenzie-scott-ex-wife-jeff-bezos-files-divorce-2nd-husband-rcna49908)from her [second husband](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/jeff-bezos-ex-mackenzie-scott-files-for-divorce-from-second-husband-dan-jewett/3885889/), former school teacher Daniel Jewett, ending their 1 1/2-year-old union, court records showed. [$33.8 billion, Forbes magazine ](https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/?sh=74344452243d)has estimated.