Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $19.2 billion since 2019.
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00:00Billionaire Mackenzie Scott just announced another $2 billion in donations, bringing
00:04her total to $19.2 billion since 2019.
00:08She also revealed new information about how she was managing her wealth, saying she had
00:11directed advisors to invest her funds into Mission Aligned Ventures.
00:15Most of Scott's wealth comes from shares of Amazon that she received when she divorced
00:19founder Jeff Bezos.
00:21Forbes estimates her current wealth to be $31.7 billion, even after giving away her
00:26money for five years.
00:27Scott doesn't comment on her donations beyond a rare post on her website, but has shaken
00:31up the non-profit sector with her trust-based philanthropy, providing big grants with no
00:35strings attached to over 2,450 non-profits.