Bezos ex MacKenzie Scott donates US$436mil to Habitat for Humanity

Volunteers for Habitat for Humanity International working on a house at the Carter Work Project in Nashville in 2019. Scott donated US$436mil to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its US affiliates — the largest publicly disclosed donation from the billionaire philanthropist since she pledged to give away the majority of her wealth in 2019. — Habitat for Humanity International via AP

SAN FRANCISCO: American philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated US$436mil (RM1.83bil) to Habitat for Humanity and dozens of its US affiliates, the homebuilding non-governmental organisation said on March 22.

Scott is among the billionaires who have signed a pledge to give away the majority of their wealth to charity.