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Mackenzie Scott built Amazon alongside of Bezos. She didn’t inherit it nearly as much as she just got her split. She is just as complicit in what Amazon has become.
In fairness, I think she's been trying to give away nearly all her money to many charities. It's just that billions is such a huge amount it can literally take awhile to give it away.
If you've ever watched Brewster's Millions you'll see even that amount is hard to get rid of on purpose.
Her wealth actually grew. She gave away 17B and still came out 2B above the starting number. I don't think it's possible for a billionaire to give it all away. Not without just throwing the bulk of the stock shares at someone.
Yup. That's why such wealth can only really be controlled by the government. When you're that rich, even actively trying to give it away is difficult because the way the system is set up, you can literally make a ton of money by just having it sit in a bank.
Even giving the shares away isn't really giving away the money - it's just making someone else extremely wealthy instead.
Ah yes, the documentary Brewster’s Millions