MacKenzie Scott, an American philanthropist, has filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett. According to Bloomberg, the 52-year-old celebrity filed an application in King County Superior Court in Washington on September 26, 2022, citing the mechanism of division of real and personal property.
According to the documentation:
“We want the court to dissolve our marriage.” There is no requirement for spousal support.
MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett secretly married in March 2021 and divorced a year later. Initially, the couple mentioned marital problems when Jewett’s name did not appear in the novelist’s charity initiatives. Dan’s letter was not displayed alongside Scott’s on the website of the NGO Giving Pledge, which is owned by Bill Gates. Furthermore, Dan Jewett is not mentioned as a second husband in her Amazon bio.
Ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and billionaire philanthropist #MacKenzieScott She filed for divorce from her second husband, Dan Jewett, a former science teacher. Scott married Jewett in 2021, two years after her divorce from Bezos.
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— Tushar (@Tushar_KN) September 29, 2022
MacKenzie Scott’s ex-husband is a science teacher.
Dan Jewett has long been a teacher, according to his Giving Pledge profile. As Express UK reports, Jewett teaches science at Lakeside School in Seattle, where Scott’s children, whom she shares with ex-husband Jeff Bezos, currently attend. According to the Washington Post, the former couple first met at the school where he taught Scott’s children. Lakeside School, one of the top co-educational high schools in the country, costs more than $38,000 a year. Dan Jewett was previously a science teacher at the Bush School in Seattle from 2011 to 2016.
Despite the fact that nothing is known about Dan and his personal life, a statement posted on his Giving Pledge website asserts that he has been a teacher for “much” of his life. and express gratitude to their students.
“This meant that I did my best to compete with them by donating all kinds of resources – from time, energy and physical goods – when I had them to offer.”
In the letter, Jewett also mentions MacKenzie Scott and his efforts to donate most of her fortune:
“Fortunately, I am married to one of the most talented and beautiful people I know, and I and her promise to leave a great financial legacy for the benefit of others.” I look forward to the growth and learning opportunities this project with MacKenzie will bring.”
After getting married and announcing on the Giving Pledge website, the couple has yet to leave Seattle, and according to MacKenzie Scott’s Amazon page, they live in the city with their four children.
MacKenzie Scott was previously married to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, from 1993 to 2013. They have four children together. Scott became the 12th richest person in the world after their divorce, receiving $38 billion from Bezos when their fortune was split. Her current net worth is $53 billion, of which she previously gave $4 billion to charity.
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