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Amazon Founder Bezos Says Will Donate Most Of Fortune To Charity (view source)
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The pledge by Jeff Bezos matches similar commitments by some of the world's richest people, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Elon Musk, and others<br> Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has for the first time said he would give away most of his $124 billion fortune to charity, but warned that doing so effectively will be hard.<br> The pledge matches similar commitments by some of the world's richest people, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Elon Musk, and others.<br> In a CNN interview released Monday, Bezos said he and his partner Lauren Sanchez were "building the capacity to be able to give away this money."<br> Asked whether he intended to give away most of his wealth within his lifetime, the 58-year-old Bezos said: "Yeah, I do."<br> Bezos has been under pressure to make the pledge after his ex-wife, author MacKenzie Scott, in 2019 committed to donate half her vast wealth after their divorce.<br> She had signed up to something called the Giving Pledge, an initiative created in 2010 by the Gates and Warren Buffet that has the world's [https://openclipart.org/search/?query=richest%20people richest people] commit to giving the majority of their wealth to charitable causes.<br> The Giving Pledge currently has over 230 signatories from 28 countries, including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and Russian steel magnate Vladimir Potanin.<br> Bezos previously pledged $10 billion to set up the Bezos Earth Fund, which he launched in 2020 to help fight climate change and preserve wildlife.<br> The online tycoon told CNN he intended to maximize returns in his philanthropy, [https://www.racasinos.com 라카지노 사이트] a priority also put forward by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is a signatory to the Giving Pledge.<br> "It's not easy," Bezos said in the joint interview with Sanchez.<br><br>"Building Amazon was not easy...and I'm finding -- and I think Lauren is finding the same thing -- that charity, philanthropy is very similar."<br> "There are a bunch of ways that I think you could do ineffective things," he added.<br> Bezos and Sanchez on Saturday announced they were giving Dolly Parton $100 million to give to charities of her choosing.<br> The country queen was the third recipient of the Bezos Courage and Civility Award, which previously went to Spanish chef Jose Andres and CNN commentator Van Jones.<br> Bezos said that Parton "gives with heart" and praised the singer of "Jolene" and "9-to-5" on her promotion of children's literacy.<br> The 76-year-old Parton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month.<br> [https://hararonline.com/?s=Bezos%20stepped Bezos stepped] down as chief executive of Amazon in 2021.<br><br>He owns the Washington Post and the space tourism company Blue Origin.<br>