Mackenzie Scott (53), the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, was found to have sold 14 trillion won worth of Amazon stock last year. According to Bloomberg News on the 27th, Scott recently reported to regulators that he sold 65.3 million shares of Amazon stock he held over the past year.
Considering that Amazon’s stock price closed at $159.12 on the 26th, the total sale size amounts to $10.4 billion.
The stocks sold last year represent about 0.6% of all Amazon stocks and about 25% of the stocks held by Scott. As a result, only about 1.9% of Amazon’s shares held by Scott remain. Scott received a 4% stake in Amazon as part of her settlement from her 2019 divorce from Bezos. The value at the time was $38.3 billion.
About half of these have been sold off over the years. It is not known why Scott sold a large amount of her stock last year. However, Scott has pledged to donate a significant portion of her wealth to her charity. It is known that since 2019, she has donated a total of $16.5 billion to a total of 1,900 organizations. Even with her stock sales and astronomical donations, Scott’s net worth is still estimated at $42.6 Billion.
Meanwhile, Bezos’ total assets, most of which are Amazon stocks, amount to $184 billion.