MacKenzie Scott | Est. $61 Billion

Another billionaire on our list is MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott has amassed a $60-billion net worth, all thanks to her share in the company. In 2019 when she divorced Jeff Bezos, she placed 5th in the list of richest women in the world, just a few notches below Jacqueline Mars (of Mars candy), Alice Walton (Walmart founder’s daughter), and Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers (L’Oréal heiress). However, most recently, she has been the richest woman in the world.

Scott might be best known as Bezos’ former partner, but she is brilliant on her own. The entrepreneur and author were an honor student at Princeton University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English. She studied under renowned writer Toni Morrison and has published the books Traps and The Testing of Luther Albright, for which she won an American Book Award. After divorce, Scott committed to donating more than half wealth to charity when the whole world is curious about how she spends her billions.