MacKenzie Scott has spent the past several years doing something few billionaires have attempted at such scale: giving away vast amounts of wealth as quickly as possible. That approach has now earned the Amazon co-founder and former wife of Jeff Bezos a place on Forbes' Iconoclast 50 list, which recognises people reshaping industries and challenging conventional thinking. According to Forbes, Scott has donated an estimated $26.4 billion in less than seven years, including roughly $7.2 billion in 2025 alone. The figure represents the largest annual charitable contribution by an individual since Forbes began tracking philanthropy in 2012, cementing Scott's reputation as one of the most influential philanthropists of the modern era, with her quiet, high-trust approach reshaping expectations around modern large-scale giving and philanthropic transparency globally.
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