Article contentMacKenzie Scott, the novelist ex-wife of Amazon CEO and wealthiest man in the world Jeff Bezos, has been proclaimed the wealthiest woman in the world, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. Scott has a net worth of US$68 billion, the index reported, which pushed her past L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers who has a net worth of US$66.8 billion. Try refreshing your browser, or MacKenzie Scott is now the world's wealthiest woman thanks to her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos Back to videoScott is now the 12th most wealthiest person in the world. Her ex-husband still ranks at the top of the chart with a net worth of US$207 billion. More than half of Scott’s wealth comes from her divorce settlement in 2019, in which she received a quarter of Amazon shares, totalling a four percent stake worth more than US$35 billion at the time.

Source: National Post September 03, 2020 16:30 UTC