11/07/2025
MacKenzie Scott novelist and billionaire philanthropist who helped her then-husband Jeff Bezos build the foundation for his Amazon empire. She has a net worth of US$40 billion. She donated:
$50 Million to Prairie View A&M University.
$45 Million to N.C. A&T State University.
$40 Million to Morgan State University.
$40 million to Howard University
$40 Million to Norfolk State University.
$40 Million to Hampton University.
$30 Million to Virginia State University.
$30 Winston Salem State University.
$25 Alcorn State University
$25 Million Bowie State University
$20 Million Lincoln University
$20 Million Delaware State University.
$20 Million Claflin University
$20 Million to University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$20 million to Tuskegee University, as well $20 million to Xavier University
$20 million to Spelman College
$20 million to Morehouse College
$15 Million Elizabeth City State University
$15 Million Clark Atlanta University
$6 million to Tougaloo College
$5 Million Dillard University
Her mentor in college was Toni Morrison a Howard University (HBCU) Alum. Jeff Bezos hired Scott at the hedge fund where he worked after receiving a recommendation from Morrison. Shortly thereafter, the pair married and Scott helped Bezos launch Amazon.
Scott earned attended Princeton University, where she studied creative writing under Toni Morrison in the early 1990s. The literary legend served as her thesis adviser and mentor. Morrison, who graduated from Howard University in 1953, was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.