MacKenzie Scott

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has filed for divorce from her second husband after less than two years of marriage.

"I look forward to the growth and learning I have ahead as a part of this undertaking with MacKenzie." [In 2021, the couple had announced their marital union without much fanfare](https://6abc.com/dan-jewett-harriton-high-school-mackenzie-scott-amazon-jeff-bezos/10407707/) and through a message on their webpage for the Giving Pledge, a philanthropic organization which encourages the world's richest people to give away a majority of their wealth to charitable causes. Scott and Jewett appeared aligned in their commitment to philanthropy.

Washington: Amazon owner Jeff Bezos' former wife MacKenzie Scott has filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, two years after they got.

He continued, “We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other. “We want to make people aware of a development in our lives,” Bezos, the world’s second richest person, tweeted at the time. Scott and Jewett got married in March 2021.

Scott, one of the world's richest people, married Seattle-based science teacher Dan Jewett last year after divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019. Scott ...

Couple married in 2021 after Ms Scott divorced her first husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Neither of the announcements mentioned Mr Jewett. [The New York Times](http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=44681X1458326&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F09%2F28%2Fbusiness%2Fmackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html&sref=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mackenzie-scott-divorce-dan-jewett-jeff-bezos-b2177788.html) reported that Ms Scott filed a petition for divorce in the King County Superior Court in Washington State on Monday, according to a copy of the filing [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Last month, Ms Scott donated two Beverly Hills mansions valued at a combined $55m to the California Community Foundation. However, the site now only displays a photo os Ms Scott. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. [gave another](https://healthforward.org/news/mackenzie-scott/) $15m to the Health Forward Foundation and a [$20m grant](https://www.episcopalhealth.org/enews/episcopal-health-foundation-receives-20-million-investment-from-philanthropist-mackenzie-scott/) to the Houston-based Episcopal Health Foundation on Tuesday. Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalism [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mackenzie-scott/) analysis, Ms Scott's net worth was estimated around $62bn — closer now to $27.8bn due to the recent decline in the stock market — and she said in a 2019 letter on her Giving Pledge page to "keep at it until the safe is empty”. [Times](http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=44681X1458326&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F09%2F28%2Fbusiness%2Fmackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html&sref=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mackenzie-scott-divorce-dan-jewett-jeff-bezos-b2177788.html) reports that, in the past, nonprofits receiving grants from the couple have thanked both Ms Scott and Mr Jewett, but more recent recipients have only thanked the former. [Amazon](/topic/amazon) founder [Jeff Bezos](/topic/jeff-bezos).

Philanthropist former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos married science teacher Dan Jewett last year.

[tabloid reporting](https://www.nationalenquirer.com/videos/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-text-messages-affair-scandal/) about his relationship with a TV host. The paper also noted that “without fanfare, his name was recently edited out of a Medium post Ms Scott had written last year about their gifts”, as well as Scott’s Amazon page. [said](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html) he was “earnest, not very edgy … [providing affordable housing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/22/mackenzie-scott-gives-436m-affordable-housing). Scott [received $38bn](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/30/amazon-jeff-bezos-ex-wife-mackenzie-handed-38bn-in-divorce-settlement). [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html) that Scott filed for divorce from Dan Jewett in Washington state on Monday.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott filed for divorce from her husband Dan Jewett on Monday, according to court records.

In March, Scott announced that she had donated an additional $3.9 billion to 465 nonprofits, bringing her total charitable contributions to [over $12 billion](https://www.businessinsider.com/mackenzie-scott-donated-4-billion-jeff-bezos-giving-pledge-2022-3). I look forward to the growth and learning I have ahead as a part of this undertaking with MacKenzie.” Scott divorced Bezos in 2019 after 25 years of marriage amid reports that he had an affair with a TV anchor.

The billionaire philanthropist, who was previously married to one of the richest men on earth, Jeff Bezos, filed paperwork to dissolve her second marriage to ...

But it seems like despite the split, things were friendly between the two exes as the Amazon founder said in a statement to [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-ex-wife-of-jeff-bezos-marries-seattle-school-teacher-11615152251) upon hearing the news of Scott's second marriage, “Dan is such a great guy, and I am happy and excited for the both of them.” [donated nearly $4.2 billion of that money](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/12/mackenzie-scott-redefines-fuck-you-money) to 384 organizations and has plans to give away the majority of her wealth during her lifetime. Scott was previously married to Bezos for 25 years before the pair announced their divorce in 2019. I have been a teacher for the majority of my life, as well as a grateful student of the generosity of those around me. Jewett wrote at the time, “It is strange to be writing a letter indicating I plan to give away the majority of my wealth during my lifetime, as I have never sought to gather the kind of wealth required to feel like saying such a thing would have particular meaning. According to court records, Jewett did not contest the divorce and the division of their property is all laid out in a separation contract that has already been agreed to and signed off on by the couple, but which is not publicly available.

MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, ...

[announced](https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=393) that she planned to give away the entirety of her fortune. Jewett’s name has reportedly been edited out of a News of their nuptials came two years after Scott filed for divorce from Bezos, to whom she had been married for 25 years.

In a petition filed at King County Superior Court in Washington State, the couple asked the court to dissolve the marriage, noting “spousal support is not ...

Friends described him to the Times as someone with “no sense of greed at all”. Before marrying Scott in March 2021, Jewett was a popular science teacher at a Seattle school Scott’s children have attended. To date, she has given away more than $12 billion in four rounds of funding.) Washington has what’s called a (Between June 2021 [and March 2022](https://fortune.com/2022/03/23/mackenzie-scott-philanthropy-donations-2022-billion/), she said, she donated more than $3.8 billion to 465 non-profits. [Amazon](https://fortune.com/company/amazon-com) founder Jeff Bezos, is one of the world’s richest people, with an estimated net worth of $28.9 billion, [according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mackenzie-scott/).

Scott, who's worth over $27 billion, married Jewett in 2021, two years after she and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos finalized their divorce.

Recent recipients of grants from Scott have thanked only her, while in the past they thanked both her and Jewett, The Times reports. [over $12 billion](https://www.businessinsider.com/mackenzie-scott-donated-4-billion-jeff-bezos-giving-pledge-2022-3). When Scott and Jewett announced their marriage Scott and Jewett, a former science teacher, have been married since early 2021. [Giving Pledge page](https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=393) contains a new headshot of her and no mention of Jewett. [a report from The Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html) pointing out that Jewett had been quietly deleted from several of Scott's online posts about her philanthropic endeavors, including on the Giving Pledge website, in a Medium post about her charitable giving, and on her Amazon author bio.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott filed for divorce from her second husband, former school teacher Daniel Jewett, ending their 1 1/2-year-old union ...

"I have no doubt that some very highly competent tax lawyers have advised her about this. [wait 90 days, under Washington law](https://www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/content/pdf/flhbmarriageedition.pdf), from Monday's filing date for the divorce to become final. [Amazon](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN) founder [Jeff Bezos](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeff-bezos-finalizes-divorce-keeps-75-percent-amazon-shares-n991031), [had tied the knot with Jewett in March](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mackenzie-scott-marries-seattle-teacher-after-divorcing-jeff-bezos-n1259954) of last year before filing divorce papers this week in King County Superior Court in Washington state. That 90-day cooling off countdown from Monday means the split could become official as soon as the final week of December — and could allow Scott and Jewett to file their 2022 federal taxes as individuals, University of Washington law professor Terry Price said. [filed for divorce ](https://www.today.com/popculture/mackenzie-scott-ex-wife-jeff-bezos-files-divorce-2nd-husband-rcna49908)from her [second husband](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/jeff-bezos-ex-mackenzie-scott-files-for-divorce-from-second-husband-dan-jewett/3885889/), former school teacher Daniel Jewett, ending their 1 1/2-year-old union, court records showed. [$33.8 billion, Forbes magazine ](https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/?sh=74344452243d)has estimated.

Jeff Bezos' billionaire ex-wife shocked the world when she announced her marriage to a mystery science teacher two years ago. So what went wrong?

In a statement via an Amazon spokesperson, the billionaire founder said: “Dan is such a great guy, and I am happy and excited for the both of them,” so presumably the two men have met. When the marriage was announced, Jewett was working as a science teacher at Lakeside School in Seattle, where Scott and Bezos’ children studied at the time. News of Scott and Jewett’s marriage was announced on the platform via a letter, in which Jewett expressed gratitude “for the exceptional privilege it will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to do so much good when shared”. Sanchez, who has three children and was previously married, had reportedly become close to Bezos after working with him on his private space company Blue Origin. Smart, generous and with $43.6 billion to her name. Little is known about Scott’s children, either, who presumably knew Jewett through lessons before he came to live with them - did he and Scott meet at parents’ evening?

On Monday, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, a former science teacher. The couple were married for 18 ...

“And they are given, in my experience, a lot more leeway with the judges, the court clerks, and the law secretaries.” This time around, Scott finds herself in the role of the moneyed spouse—and her relationship with Jewett was much shorter. The ultra-wealthy often “fail to do a prenuptial agreement,” says Bernard E. “When you’re representing big money—billionaires—it’s often very, very fast,” Clair says. “The ultra wealthy get quicker access to the court system,” Clair says. That’s why prenups can be so important: They often help lay the groundwork for difficult discussions that occur during divorces, she adds.