A $1,000 loan kept MacKenzie Scott in college—now the billionaire philanthropist is giving away her $37 billion fortune to pay it forward
Reported by Fortune · fortune.com · August 24, 2026
MacKenzie Scott has donated $26 billion in the past several years.
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