Now worth $34 billion, MacKenzie Scott once needed her college roommate's help with a $1,000 loan: 'That's just what you do for friends'
- Posted on November 28, 2025
- By Fortune
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Now worth $34 billion, MacKenzie Scott once needed her college roommate's help with a $1,000 loan: 'That's just what you do for friends'

Years later, Scott repaid the favor when Jeannie Tarkenton started Funding U, a lending company that offers merit-based loans to low-income students.