© 2013 Bloomberg Finance LPMacKenzie Bezos, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced on Tuesday on Twitter and through a Medium blogpost that she has given $1.67 billion to charities to date. She also announced that she has formally changed her name to MacKenzie Scott. The nonprofit organizations she has donated to fall under nine categories: racial equity, LGBTQ+ equity, gender equity, economic mobility, empathy and bridging divides, functional democracy, public health, global development and climate change. Bezos also announced a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund in February, dedicated to fighting climate change. Scott ended her note with a promise to continue sharing her charitable giving publicly “in the months and years to come.”

Source: Forbes July 28, 2020 18:59 UTC