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The marriage to Dan Jewett, a Seattle science
teacher, was mentioned in a post on the website for the
philanthropic organization The Giving Pledge, in which Jewett
said he would be signing on to Scott's commitment to give away
most of her wealth.
Scott, 50, is the world's 22nd-richest person worth some $53
billion, according to Forbes. Her 2019 divorce from Bezos after
25 years of marriage left her with a 4% stake in Amazon.
In December, Scott said she had donated over $4.1 billion in the
four months prior to food banks and emergency relief funds amid
the COVID-19 pandemic.
That followed donations of $1.7 billion last year to causes
including racial equality, LGBTQ rights, public health and
climate change.
"I join with the kindest and most thoughtful person I know in
making this pledge, grateful for the exceptional privilege it
will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to
do so much good when shared," Jewett said in the post.
The Giving Pledge campaign was set up in 2010 by U.S. business
tycoon Warren Buffett together with by Microsoft Corp co-founder
Bill Gates and his wife Melinda to encourage the world's
super-rich to give away most of their wealth to philanthropic
causes.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Edwina
Gibbs)
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