Overview

• The June 27 ceremony unfolded aboard Bezos’s superyacht and at historic Venetian palazzos with about 200–250 guests, including major entertainment figures and European royalty.
• MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving foundation has pioneered a no-strings-attached grant model, distributing over $19 billion to more than 2,000 nonprofits since 2019.
• She used the roughly $36 billion in Amazon stock from the 2019 divorce to join The Giving Pledge and fuel large-scale charitable initiatives.
• Bezos and Scott remain close friends and cooperative co-parents to their four children, whose identities and personal lives are kept largely private.
• After stepping down as Amazon CEO in 2021 to become executive chair, Bezos has shifted public focus from corporate leadership to personal milestones.