MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years

Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $19.2 billion since 2019.

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00:00Billionaire Mackenzie Scott just announced another $2 billion in donations, bringing

00:04her total to $19.2 billion since 2019.

00:08She also revealed new information about how she was managing her wealth, saying she had

00:11directed advisors to invest her funds into Mission Aligned Ventures.

00:15Most of Scott's wealth comes from shares of Amazon that she received when she divorced

00:19founder Jeff Bezos.

00:21Forbes estimates her current wealth to be $31.7 billion, even after giving away her

00:26money for five years.

00:27Scott doesn't comment on her donations beyond a rare post on her website, but has shaken

00:31up the non-profit sector with her trust-based philanthropy, providing big grants with no

00:35strings attached to over 2,450 non-profits.