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Jeff Bezos' billionaire ex-wife MacKenzie Scott marries a teacher

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 8, 2021 17:12 IST

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MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire former wife of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle teacher Dan Jewett. Scott's new husband is a teacher at a private school where her children are studying.
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Scott, whose net worth is estimated at around USD 53 billion, divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019 after 25 years of marriage.
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Dan Jewett, 50, teaches science at the private Seattle Lakeside School. Scott is yet to reveal when did she marry Jewett.
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Jeff Bezos said in a statement via an Amazon spokesman: 'Dan is such a great guy, and I am happy and excited for the both of them'.
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Scott and Jewett announced their marriage publicly on Saturday in a post on the Giving Pledge. It is to be nted that Giving Pledge is a site where super-rich people vow to dedicate their wealth to others.
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Jewett posted on Giving Pledge that he was joining Scott's 'commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others'. '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,' Jewett wrote.
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'I have been a teacher for the majority of my life, as well as a grateful student of the generosity of those around me. This has meant doing my best to follow their example by passing on resources of all kinds - from time, to energy, to material possessions - when I have had them to give
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And now, in a stroke of happy coincidence, I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know - and joining her in a commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others,' he added.
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Scott is one of the world's wealthiest women. She is estimated to have a current net worth of around $53 billion, following her high-profile split from Bezos in 2019.
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Scott has since devoted her time - and billions of dollars - to charitable initiatives in support of women-led charities and food banks.
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Most notably, Insider reported in December last year that Scott had given away nearly $4.2 billion from her fortune to 384 organizations across the US within just four months, ranging from food banks to emergency relief funds.
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