Billionaires Facts

MacKenzie Scott received $35.6 billion in Amazon stock when she divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019. By December 2025, she had quietly given away $26.3 billion of it to 2,700+ nonprofits - no application process, no naming rights, no ceremonies. In 2025 alone, she gave more than Bezos has given in a lifetime.

Jeff Bezos has one of the tallest residential fences in America at his Beverly Hills estate. It violates local height ordinances. Instead of taking it down, he pays roughly $1,000 in fines every month. The fine is pocket change for a man worth over $200 billion - so the fence stays.

At his 2019 Morehouse College commencement address, billionaire Robert F. Smith announced his family would pay off the student loan debt of the entire graduating class. The gift covered all 396 seniors and ultimately totalled $34 million - including Parent PLUS loans. He told them: 'I know my class will pay this forward.'