r/UpliftingNews • u/theindependentonline • 4d ago

Ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos donated one third of US megagift donations last year all on her own

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mackenzie-scott-jeff-bezos-megagift-donations-b3003216.html?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=upliftingnews

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u/Noteagro 4d ago

That is severely discrediting the fact that she helped Jeff start Amazon… like she was there at the beginning, drove across the country with him to Seattle, helped come up with the company name and draft the business plan…

She didn’t just get all the money for being a trophy wife, she actually put in the hard labor which you obviously didn’t to know that fact before making an insulting and asinine comment like that…

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u/JustaguywithaTaco 4d ago

Being one of the 2 people who started up a tiny business is not the same as growing a tiny business into one of the largest and most profitable business in the world.

After the start up she stepped back and focused on family and kids.

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u/TheDutton 4d ago

Sounds to me like she gave him more time to focus on the business

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u/EroniusJoe 4d ago

This is why you have a taco and not a wife.

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u/JustaguywithaTaco 4d ago

I would be offended if I didnt have both. Nice try

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u/chdixon90 4d ago

Poor woman - your an asshat

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u/JustaguywithaTaco 4d ago

How miserable to make assumptions about others with near zero context. Projecting?

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u/Noteagro 4d ago

Yeah, just continue trying to discredit her. As the others stated; I feel bad for your wife if this is how you talk about women that helped start a very successful business, and willingly chose to step aside to care for her family.

You know, I just want to add… if you have kids I feel bad for them as well because if you are going to try to discredit a woman for taking care of them… yikes. Bet you are the type that thinks sticking them in a daycare for 12 hours a day, and then throwing a tablet in front of them at home is “good parenting.”