Now Oprah Winfrey (66, "Das Zeiträtsel") is becoming a Corona Samaritan: The US entertainer has announced that she will give ten million dollars (about 9.2 million euros) for the fight against the virus. In this way, she wants to support local communities in this difficult time, writes the 66-year-old on Instagram.
Some of the money will go to the American Food Fund – a fundraising campaign initiated by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio (45) and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs (56). The proceeds from the donation are intended to ensure that socially disadvantaged people can safely get food even during the pandemic.
If possible, a kind of mobile board should be set up, especially in corona hotspots such as New York City. Winfrey contributed $ 1 million to the project; DiCaprio and Powell Jobs sponsor the American Food Fund with twelve million dollars each (11.1 million euros). "I think that's one way we can really help our neighbors in need," Winfrey writes on Instagram.
Billionaires donate large sums
With her generous donation, the talkmaster joins the list of prominent Samaritans in the Corona crisis: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (56) has already donated $ 100 million (923 million euros) to another food organization; Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 64, has also pledged $ 100 million to the US CDC infection center, and Kylie Jenner, 22, the world's youngest billionaire, has donated a million dollars to buy protective masks.