In honor of International Women’s Day, we’ve compiled a ranking of the 12 richest self-made women in the U.S., according to Forbes as of February 2025. The ranking is included in the table below.
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Mackenzie Scott. Strategy: Marry successful entrepreneur without prenup; divorce when most valuable company in the world.
She married Jeff Bezos in 1993, Amazon founded in 1994. This is from wiki: He and his then-wife, MacKenzie Scott, left their jobs at D. E. Shaw and founded Amazon in a rented garage in Bellevue, Washington on July 5, 1994, after writing its business plan on a cross-country drive from New York City to Seattle.
yeah, I know I know. I was being cheeky (afaik, she was pretty involved and it was a team effort)
Amazon wife?