The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezoshas ensured that will donate most of his fortune to charity during his lifetime, in an interview with CNN broadcast Monday. The billionaire answered “yes” when asked if he planned to give away most of his fortune while he was alive.
It is the first time that the tycoon, once the richest man in the world, has made this public commitment. In fact, Bezos did not sign the donation pledgean initiative launched in 2010 by investor Warren Buffet and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, which encourages millionaires to donate more than half of their wealth to charity.
According to the Bloomberg agency, Bezos, 58, He has a fortune valued at 124,000 million dollars, the fourth largest on the planet. In addition to Amazon, Bezos owns The Washington Post, from the space firm Blue Origin and the Bezos Earth Fund, a fund for the care of the planet that he launched in 2020 and to which he endowed 10,000 million dollars. “We build the capabilities” to donate efficiently, Bezos explained in the interview.
Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, whose fortune is estimated at about $24 billion, did join the Buffet-Gates initiative. In 2021, Scott shook up the world of philanthropy by donating $6 billion to various organizations, with no use restrictions or matching her contributions.