MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, marries schoolteacher Dan Jewett
- New husband Dan Jewett declared plans to help give away most of their wealth to charity
- MacKenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos announced their divorce in January 2019
MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher who expressed gratitude “for the exceptional privilege it will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to do so much good when shared”.
Dan Jewett, who made the announcement in a letter to the website of the non-profit organisation the Giving Pledge on Saturday, said he never imagined he would be in a position to talk about giving away significant wealth during his lifetime in order to make a difference in other people’s lives.
Jewett has been a teacher for decades and most recently taught chemistry at the private Lakeside School, where Scott’s children attended.
“And now, in a stroke of happy coincidence, I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know – and joining her in a commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others,” Jewett wrote.
Writing on Medium last year, Scott said that she had asked her team to figure out how to give away her money faster.