Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has filed for divorce from
her second husband, Dan Jewett. The move came after Mr Jewett’s name was
reportedly removed from her group of fellow ultra-wealthy individuals
pledging to give away half their wealth before they die
Ms Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, married Jewett, an
instructor at the prestigious school attended by her children.
According to The New York Times, 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
Ms. Scott, who less than four years ago got divorced from her longtime
husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has given away more than $12 billion
to nonprofits
Their marriage, which garnered significant public attention in the wake
of Ms. Scott’s divorce from the world’s richest man, had also been a
philanthropic partnership, with Mr. Jewett publicly promising to join
her in donating their enormous fortune to good causes.
But there were recent signs that the partnership was no more.
Previously, grateful nonprofits that had received grants from Ms. Scott
and Mr. Jewett thanked them both, but recent recipients thank her alone.
In the past week his name vanished from her philanthropic endeavors. On
the site for the Giving Pledge, where billionaires promise to give away
half of their wealth before they die, his letter no longer appeared with
hers. Without fanfare, his name was recently edited out of a Medium
post Ms. Scott had written last year about their gifts.
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