Scott vs Cohen

Amazon and Point72.

The differences

Forbes puts MacKenzie Scott about $0.6B ahead of Steve Cohen.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
MacKenzie Scott: through marriage. Steve Cohen: founded it.
Steve Cohen is about 14 years older than MacKenzie Scott.
MacKenzie Scott has signed the Giving Pledge; Steve Cohen has not.

Put someone else on either side

Scott

Cohen

Net worth, Forbes: $27.3BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $26.7BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $36.4BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $22.2BBloomberg, 11 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 88Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 90Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 2020Forbes: she made her debut on its annual billionaires list in 2020; 2004Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: the 2004 World's Richest People; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Through marriageReceived shares equal to about 4% of Amazon in her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos; she was Amazon's first accountant, and Britannica says she founded the company with him in 1994; Founded itFounded S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992 and converted it into the Point72 family office in 2014
Main source: Amazon stockBloomberg: 'The majority of MacKenzie Scott's fortune is derived from roughly 68 million shares in Amazon'; His holdings in Point72's hedge fundsBloomberg: about $16.6 billion of Point72's $50.7 billion in assets (April 2026) belongs to him; he also owns 95% of the New York Mets
Companies: AmazonAmazon: None; one of the first employees; Point72Point72: Founder, chairman, CEO and co-chief investment officer
Biggest stake: Amazon0.63% owned; Point72Stake not stated

Born: 7 Apr 1970San Francisco, California, United States; 1956Great Neck, New York, United States
Country: United StatesLives in Seattle, Washington, United States; United States
Education: Bachelor's degreeBA in English, Princeton University (1992); Bachelor's degreeBS in economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1978)
Parents: Her father ran an investment-advisory firm and her mother stayed home with the children; the family lost its homes after the firm failed while she was in high school; Father was a garment manufacturer and mother a piano teacher; the third of eight children

Giving Pledge: Signed in 2019; Not a signer
Foundation: Yield GivingHer giving vehicle; it reports over $26 billion in 2,700+ gifts; Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
Lifetime giving: $26.4BForbes, 15 Sep 2026. Forbes: 'the $26.4 billion she has given to more than 2,700 nonprofits', as reported on Yield Giving; $1.5BSteven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, 17 Oct 2026. The foundation says it has given over $1.5 billion to US public charities since 2001; Forbes says he has given more than $1 billion over his lifetime

Role now: No rolePhilanthropist; founder of Yield Giving; Runs the companyChairman, CEO and co-CIO of Point72; chairman and CEO of the New York Mets
Successor: Not stated; Not stated
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; 2016: US SECSettled SEC charges that he failed reasonably to supervise a portfolio manager who engaged in insider trading, agreeing to a bar on supervising funds that manage outside money until 2018 and to SEC examinations of his family office; he neither admitted nor denied the finding.