Philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott briefly enjoyed the title of the world’s richest woman.
Scott became the richest woman in the world with a net worth of $68 billion. However, she could only hold the status for one day. On Thursday, September 3, Bloomberg reported that her net worth dropped by $3.2 billion.
According to the website,
“The world’s 10 richest tech moguls lost $44 billion on Thursday.”
The list includes the name of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Steve Ballmer, Larry Page, Sergery Brin, Larry Ellison, MacKenzie Scott and Jack Ma.
Although Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are among the top five centibillionaires, all three of them faced a terrible decline this week.
Bezos lost $9 billion in a day, whereas Musk had the second-largest fall with a drop of $8.5 billion. Zuckerberg on the other hand lost a total of $4.2 billion.
What does this turn of fortunes tell us about Bezos and Mackenzie?
Jeff Bezos has been leading the tech world with a net worth of $205.6 billion. His ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott received a quarter of Bezos’ Amazon shares in the couple’s divorce settlement in 2019, which was worth more than $35 billion at the time.
Just one day ago, she was the 12th wealthiest person and the wealthiest woman in the world. But with the profit taking going on right now, we are not sure if she would be able to secure the position again.
But hey, capitalism is a strange beast. Who knows if she will be back to being the richest woman next week?
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