The founder of the giant Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has an idea of what he wants to do with his personal fortune. And it is with philanthropy that he said more about his wish.
When we talk about the fortune of Jeff Bezos, there is obviously something to make you dizzy. Bloomberg estimates that of the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin at 124 billion dollars, making him the fourth richest person on the planet today. In an interview given this weekend to CNN, Mr Bezos said he wanted to bequeath part of his personal fortune during his lifetime. Enough to arouse curiosity and unleash passions, given the astronomical value of its heritage.
Jeff Bezos is ready to bequeath part of his fortune, but he does not know how to go about it yet
Jeff Bezos is therefore driven by a deep desire for philanthropy. The 58-year-old entrepreneur sees time passing but nevertheless says he is ready to donate a significant part of his fortune to do good around him.
Until then, Jeff Bezos had been criticized for not having signed the Giving Pledge, this promise made by many personalities and families among the richest in the world to devote the majority of their fortune to charitable causes. But in contact with Laura Sanchez, a philanthropic journalist who became his companion, his position was able to evolve.
” Yes I am “, he replied when the journalist of CNN asked him if he was willing to donate the majority of his wealth over his lifetime. But the most difficult for the billionaire “ is to figure out how to do it comparing this task to that of creating Amazon at the time.
A budding philanthropist?
During the interview, Jeff Bezos did not go so far as to quantify the percentage he wanted to offer to charities, or which specific structures could benefit from it. He did not give any dated precision on his approach either.
Nonetheless, Bezos has already committed $10 billion over 10 years to the Bezos Earth Fund, which will be disbursed in grants throughout the decade. And this in the context of the fight against climate change and for the protection of nature, two related themes that are very important to the founder of Amazon, who had already initiated a large-scale environmental program with the e-merchant, The Climate Pledge.
Jeff Bezos is not the only founder or co-founder of a giant of new technologies to act of generosity. Bill Gates has already stated on several occasions that he plans to donate almost all of his fortune (estimated at $114 billion) to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is none other than the largest private charity in the world. Bill Gates himself co-founded the Giving Pledge we were talking about above.
Source : CNN
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