MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated a staggering $19.25 billion since 2020. In 2025 alone, Scott has made hundreds of millions of dollars in donations, primarily through her charitable organization, Yield Giving. Her charitable contributions focus on a range of causes, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), education,…
Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t known for mincing words and his comments on New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, were no exception. “Mamdani is a charismatic swindler,” Musk claimed in a recent appearance on the “Joe…
When her grandmother transferred the deed to her in 2008, Shannon Pleasant believed the modest East Austin home on Kuhlman Avenue would stay in the family for generations. After Alfredia Miller passed away in 2017, Pleasant saw it as part of her grandmother’s legacy. So when a relative texted her in 2014 asking why she’d…
A U.S. Supreme Court police officer stands guard on the first day of their new session in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a case on the Trump administration’s “reciprocal” tariffs, and both liberal and conservative judges appeared skeptical of the legal basis of…
When you hear of a billionaire reducing their holdings in a company like Amazon, it immediately shocks the business world. In this case, the story of MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, is more than just a portfolio adjustment, rather it’s a powerful statement on business and philanthropy. Recently she reduced her Amazon stake…
To his fellow high priests of the church of climate change, Bill Gates has just committed the ultimate heresy. He has told us that we are not all going to die from scorching temperatures, despite in the past having said “we are setting ourselves up for a humanitarian and geopolitical disaster.” In a new essay…
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A Harvard Business School student once told Jeff Bezos that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) had little chance against traditional retailers and should sell to Barnes & Noble and cash in while he could. The moment, which dates back to…
Jeff Bezos is one of the wealthiest people in the world because of Amazon’s success. But his early stage investment in Google could have made him a billionaire without it. In 1998, four years after Bezos launched Amazon, a search engine startup was emerging in Menlo Park and looking for early investors. He invested $250,000…
As the rich get richer and their net worth fluctuates every day, billionaires do not shy away from luxuries. While an EV giant sets out to become the world’s first trillionaire, the other conducts speedboat races, these billionaires have spent nine-figure amounts on leisure activities. These aquatic palaces aren’t just luxury rides, but a status…
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, currently in the “honeymoon” phase, are reportedly receiving support from Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez. The couple recently made their first-ever public outing together, walking hand in hand in Paris days after their kissing photos went viral. However, a source recently revealed the newly married A-lister billionaire couple…