The former wife of the founder Amazon Jeff Bezness and one of the richest women in the world McCenzy Scott gave eight million dollars for charity. Public College Turtle Mountain (Turtle Mountain Community College) received money just like that, without any conditions. About it reports The Independent.
About 500 students at school, 95 percent of which are indigenous Americans. The head of Donna Brown College described his feelings when he learned about the sum: “I was driving at that time. I had to go to the side of the road. I had a jaw. The maximum that we got before, was 300 thousand dollars. So Get 8 million dollars was breathtaking. ” Money will go to the development of the master’s program and household needs.
After the divorce with Skott, Scott received a quarter owned by Amazon shares, which at that time were estimated at 36 billion dollars. Later Scott signed the obligation to donations, she wants to distribute most of his state. For several months of last year, Scott donated more than four billion dollars.
“Pandemic became a serious blow to the Americans. Like economic losses and the effects of health were worse for women, color people and those who live in poverty. Meanwhile, the pandemic has significantly increased the wealth of billionaires,” she said. Scott donations this year will be about six billion dollars.