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What to know about Jeff Bezos' first wife, MacKenzie Scott
In true billionaire style, Jeff Bezos, 61, has officially married his second wife, Lauren Sánchez, 55, in a three-day wedding extravaganza in Venice, Italy.
The Amazon founder tied the knot with the journalist on June 27 in a star-studded ceremony that featured a guest list with Academy Award winners, fellow billionaires, Tom Brady, the queen of Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Kris Jenner and Kim and Khloe Kardashian as well as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and Domenico Dolce from Dolce & Gabbana are among the 200-250 guests, according to Reuters.
While all eyes are on the new mega-wealthy pair tying the knot, many are curious to learn more about the Amazon founder's first marriage with influential philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, 55.
The pair met in 1992, while both were working at New York City hedge fund management firm D. E. Shaw & Co, according to the New York Times. The two went on to become partners for over two decades before splitting and moving on to new marriages.
Divorced in 2019, the pair remain on good terms as coparents after their amicable split.
Here's what to know about their marriage.
When did Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott get married?
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott married in 1993, a year after meeting as coworkers and moving to New York City together.
When did Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott divorce?
Bezos and Scott announced they had separated in 2019 through a joint statement shared on social media. The ex-couple wrote that they felt lucky to have found each other and had no regrets about their 25-year marriage.
"If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again," they wrote in a Jan. 9, 2019 post on X (then-Twitter). "We've had such a great life together as a married couple, and we also see wonderful futures ahead as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures."
How long was Jeff Bezos first marriage?
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott were married for 25 years from 1993 to 2019.
How much money did MacKenzie Scott get from Jeff Bezos as a result of the divorce?
In their divorce settlement, Scott received 25% of their shared Amazon stake, valued at roughly $36 billion.
Bezos retained 75% of the couple's Amazon stock, in addition to her voting control in the company, as previously reported by USA TODAY.
The settlement made Scott one of the wealthiest women in the world.
How many children do Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott have?
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott share four children together, including their oldest son, Preston Bezos, two other sons, and one daughter, whose names or birth dates have never been made public.
What is MacKenzie Scott's net worth?
As of June 27, 2025, MacKenzie Scott's net worth is estimated to be 31.5 billion, according to Forbes.
What does MacKenzie Scott do?
MacKenzie Scott is a billionaire philanthropist and award-winning novelist.
She is the author of the 2005 novel "The Testing of Luther Albright" and the 2013 novel "Traps."
Post-divorce, the Amazon co-founder pledged to give away the majority of her wealth. She has given away more than $19 billion in donations to date through her foundation, Yield Giving, and has become known as a rapid, "no-strings-attached" philanthropist – in contrast to Bezos' slower pace of giving.
She has donated to more than 2,000 nonprofits over the past six years, proving to have a "transformational effect" on said organizations, a February study said.
Scott is also part of The Giving Pledge – founded by Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates – a commitment by some of the world's wealthiest philanthropists to donate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or through their wills.
How many times has Jeff Bezos been married?
Jeff Bezos has married twice, including his 25-year marriage to Scott and his new wife, Lauren Sánchez.
Has MacKenzie Scott remarried?
After her first marriage to Bezos, Scott married Seattle science teacher Dan Jewett in 2021, after first meeting at her children's school, according to the Washington Post.
Scott filed for divorce in September 2022, which was finalized in January 2023.
How much is Jeff Bezos worth?
Bezos' net worth is estimated by Forbes to be $226.7 billion. He is currently the Executive Chair for Amazon, after stepping down as Amazon's president and CEO in 2021.
