Bezos, who steps down as Amazon’s chief executive in 2021, owns about 10% of the ecommerce giant.
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos will give away the majority of his $124 billion fortune over his lifetime, the billionaire told CNN in an interview today.
Without providing further details, Bezos said that he and fellow journalist-turned-philanthropist Lauren Sanchez were “building the capacity to be able to give this money away”.
The billionaire has pledged $10 billion to fight climate change and protect nature through the Bezos Earth Fund, where he is executive chairman.
The fund did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton received $100 million through the “Bezos Courage and Civility Award,” an honor honoring leaders who “pursue solutions with courage and civility,” she tweeted Saturday. But said
Bezos, who steps down as Amazon chief executive in 2021, owns about 10% of the ecommerce giant, along with news organization The Washington Post and space tourism company Blue Origin.
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