Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says will donate most of his $124 billion fortune to charity
Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos in an interview said that philanthropy is "hard work" and that he will give away most of his $124 billion fortune to charities fighting climate change.
In an interview with CNN, Bezos said that he and his partner journalist-turned-philanthropist Lauren Sánchez were "building the capacity to be able to give away this money".
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However, as per Daily Mail, he did not specify exactly how much or to which charities. he did say that he wants to support people who "can unify humanity and heal deep social and political divisions."
"The hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. It's not easy, building Amazon was not easy," he said adding "It took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart teammates and I'm finding that philanthropy is very similar – it's not easy it's very hard".
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While Bezos has already committed $10 Billion to fight climate change and protect nature through the 'Bezos Earth Fund', he has faced criticism for not joining the Giving Pledge. The pledge involves hundreds of the world's wealthiest people committing to donate the majority of their wealth to charity.
Recently the billionaire also awarded country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton a $100 million prize from the "Bezos Courage & Civility Award". As per Bezos, the award honours and recognizes leaders who "pursue solutions with courage and civility."
(With inputs from agencies)
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