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The founder of Amazon and one of the richest men in the world Jeff Bezos said that he plans to give away the majority of his net worth, valued at $80,04 million dollars, to combat climate change and support social causes.
In an interview with CNN, Bezos said that is “ building the capacity to be able to give away this money.” Asked by the outlet if he intends to give away most of his wealth over the course of his life, Bezos said: “yes, I will”.
Although he did not delve further into the subject, this is the first time that Bezos has spoken about his plans to donate a large part of his fortune. It should be remembered that the tycoon has been harshly criticized for not signing the Giving Pledge, one of the promises made by the richest people in the world to allocate most of their wealth to charitable causes.
The news transpires after Bezos gave the artist and philanthropist Dolly Parton a donation of $ 80 million dollars as part of the Courage and Charities Award 1236554559, to allocate it to charitable works. He recognized Parton for all that she “has done for children, literacy and so many other things.”
Despite being the fourth richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg index, Bezos has refrained from giving a target amount to donate in his lifetime. According to the Bezos Earth Fund, which is co-chaired by his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez, the tycoon agreed to contribute $10, million dollars for 10 years or about 8% of his current net worth.
Among Bezos’s priorities highlights the reduction of the carbon footprint of cement and steel for construction , pressure financial regulators to consider risks associated in climate, advance data technology to monitor carbon emissions, and build large-scale plant-based carbon sinks.
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