Jeff Bezos’ Ex-Wife Gave the Largest Donation in Lincoln University History, $20 Million
Jeff Bezos’ Ex-Wife Gave the Largest Donation in Lincoln University History, $20 Million
Lincoln University which is the first degree-granting HBCU in the country just received their largest donation in school history. Mackenzie Scott who is the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gifted the school a whopping $20 million.
Scott has been very active in her philanthropic endeavors giving away an eye-popping $4.2 billion dollars to various charities around the country during the last four months. Scott attributed her rapid charity spending to the “wrecking ball” of the pandemic she stated.
At the start of the year Scott’s wealth was estimated at $24 billion then soared through the pandemic to $60 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. ABC news stated, “On December 15, Scott announced her recent flurry of charitable gifts in a Medium post, writing that she was inspired by grassroots efforts to help people in need, such as community fridges and “impromptu person-to-person Venmo gifts.” Scott said she started out by looking at 6,490 organizations, and then whittled down her list to 384 organizations that have a “high potential for impact.”
