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The one woman who WON'T be at Jeff Bezos's wedding to Lauren Sanchez:  How ex-wife Mackenzie Scott spends her 'disproportionate' $38bn fortune as billionaire takes over Venice


The novelist, 55, became the world's richest woman after walking away with $38billion and a 4 percent stake in Amazon after their divorce in 2019

As Jeff Bezos prepares to marry Lauren Sanchez during a lavish three-day Italian ceremony, his ex-wife Mackenzie Scott couldn't be further away from the opulent celebrations - in every sense. Mackenzie has acknowledged that she has a 'disproportionate amount of money,' and won't stop donating 'until the safe is empty', in a series of personal essays on her website, Yield Giving, which are peppered with literary references. 'I was there when he wrote the business plan, and I worked with him and many others represented in the converted garage, the basement warehouse closet, the barbecue-scented offices, the Christmas-rush distribution centres, and the door-desk-filled conference rooms in the early years of Amazon's history,' she once said.

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