Elon Musk accused Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott of destroying Western civilization with her philanthropy. Then she quietly doubled her donations.

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MacKenzie Scott (left) and Elon Musk (right).
"'Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse' should filed be listed among 'Reasons that Western Civilization died,'" Elon Musk (right) said of Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott (left) in a now-deleted X post.

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Sam Altman says he could do with more collaboration and less of Elon Musk tweeting a silver medal at Jeff Bezos to flex his wealth

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left), Elon Musk (center), and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (right).
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left), Elon Musk (center), and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (right).

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Obama takes a shot at the likes of Musk and Bezos, says we must protect Earth before colonizing Mars

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A photo montage shows Barack Obama (left) Elon Musk (middle) and Jeff Bezos (right).

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Jeff Bezos' philanthropic fund is pouring $60 million into alternative meats to try to make them taste better

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A stock image of plant-based meat and Jeff Bezos at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

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Warren Buffett once warned that most dot.com startups would fail. His words lit a fire under Amazon's Jeff Bezos.

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Warren Buffett.

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MacKenzie Scott is worth $36 billion and has 'revolutionized philanthropy' since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott divorced in 2019.

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Elon Musk's wealth is down by almost $40 billion this year — and it's only March

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Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla.

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Jeff Bezos only lasted a few days as the world's richest person — now it's Bernard Arnault again

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Bernard Arnault is once again the world's richest person.

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Elon Musk is lashing out at MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex, for donating billions to charities for women and minorities

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Elon Musk and MacKenzie Scott.

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Jeff Bezos surpasses Elon Musk to retake the world's richest person crown with a $200 billion fortune

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Composite picture of Elon Musk (left) and Jeff Bezos (right)

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