The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, He assured that he will donate most of his fortune to charity during his lifetime, in an interview with CNN broadcast on Monday.
Bezos answered “yes” when asked if he planned to give away most of his fortune while he was alive.
It is the first time that this billionaire, once the richest man in the world, has made this public commitment. Bezos did not sign the “Give Pledge”, an initiative launched in 2010 by the investor Warren Buffett and Bill Gatesfounder of Microsoft, which encourages millionaires to donate more than half of their wealth to charity.
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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, space signature Blue Origin and the Bezos Earth Fund, a fund for the care of the planet that he launched in 2020 and which he endowed with 10,000 million dollars.
“We build the capabilities” to donate efficiently, Bezos explained in the interview.
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Bezos’ ex-wife McKenzie Scott, whose fortune is estimated at about 24,000 million dollars, he did join the initiative of Buffet and Gates.
In 2021, Scott rocked the world of philanthropy by donating $6 billion to various organizations, with no restrictions on use and no compensation for their contributions.
