Jeff Bezos’ Ex-Wife Slashes Amazon Stake After Report He & His New Wife Are Going to Court For Money
The Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott drama is pretty well known. At this point in the story, Scott has moved on—with a lot of money—and Bezos has married again, to journalist Lauren Sánchez. So, people are mostly worried about the new couple and, of course, Mackenzie Scott’s charitable endeavors. Because that’s what the former Mrs. Bezos has mostly spent her money on.
And now, come reports that Scott has slashed her stake in Amazon by about 42%, or $12.6 billion, over the past year. That’s quite a number, and yet not one that seems to have made as much of a dent as one would believe in her fortune. The philanthropist now holds 81.1 million shares of the company her ex-husband founded, down 58 million from this time last year, according to Bloomberg.
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Scott, who has vowed to donate most of her fortune in life, has reportedly donated over $19 billion dollars since her 2019 divorce from Bezos. Yes, billions with a b. She has gained a reputation for giving donations to small nonprofits with no conditions. Her net worth is reported to be around about $32.5 billion, according to Forbes. Not a shabby number considering how much she’s donated so far and how much she’s said she would be donating in the future.
Bezos, meanwhile, owns around 9% of the company he founded in 1994 and his net worth is $230.2 billion.
All this talk about Mackenzie Scott’s charitable endeavors comes after reports that the legal battle her ex and his new wife are involved in with her estranged brother, Michael Sánchez, continues. Page Six reported that their legal team filed a motion in California Superior Court demanding that Michael Sánchez pay $182,374 in attorney’s fees and $8,182 in legal costs, “incurred in connection with (1) her successful Special Motion to Strike, and (2) this Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs.”
This all ties back to Scott, in a way. Reports of an affair between Bezos and Sánchez first surfaced while she was still married to Patrick Whitesell. Those reports indicate the relationship started while Bezos was married to Scott, as well. And the reports came with proof, in the form of X-rated photos from their private texts. At the time, her brother was accused of being the source of those leaks.
Michael Sánchez denied this, calling his sister and her new husband “liars and cheaters.” He then sued them for defamation. The Los Angeles County Superior Court, however, ruled in Bezos’ favor. That’s when Bezos asked for legal fees to be covered by Michael Sánchez.
In the meantime, Mackenzie Scott got her divorce and seemingly remains unbothered by the drama of her ex and his new wife. She’ll just continue using the money she got in her divorce settlement in the way she feels she can do the most good, which—to the philanthropist—means donating most of it to what she considers worthy causes. Something to be admired, for sure.
