MacKenzie Scott, among the most affluent and most effective benefactors worldwide, has actually applied for divorce from her spouse, court records reveal.
Scott, who accumulated her fortune throughout her marital relationship to Amazon creator Jeff Bezos that ended in 2019, submitted the divorce petition in Washington’s King County Superior Court. She and her 2nd other half, previous science instructor Dan Jewett, wed in 2021 and have no kids together.
“We ask the court to liquify this marital relationship,” the petition, which was initially reported on Wednesday by The New York Times, states.
According to the filing, Scott and Jewett have actually currently signed a separation agreement that will identify how they’ll divide their shared home, belongings and financial obligations.
Jewett, who taught at the prominent school where Scott’s kids with Bezos go to, very first exposed their marital relationship in 2015, composing online that “in a stroke of delighted coincidence, I am wed to among the most generous and kind individuals I understand– and joining her in a dedication to hand down a huge monetary wealth to serve others.”
Scott left her marital relationship to Bezos with 10s of billions of dollars and has actually promised to offer much of it away, assuring to “keep at it till the safe is empty.” Because separating Bezos, she’s handed out more than $12 billion to charitable causes, consisting of presents to Planned Parenthood, Habitat for Humanity and Ukraine relief companies. That speed of providing was unprecedented, and Scott increased to popularity as one of the world’s most generous benefactors.
Prior to Wednesday’s verification of their divorce filing, a number of media outlets mentioned that points out of Jewett had actually vanished from Scott’s humanitarian sites and other public areas, consisting of from blog sites they ‘d composed together and her author bio on Amazon. They likewise kept in mind that current contribution receivers had actually just thanked Scott and not both her and Jewett, as they formerly did.
