Jeff Bezos stepped down as chief government of Amazon in 2021, owns about 10% of the corporate.

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will give away a majority of his $124 billion wealth throughout his lifetime, the billionaire advised CNN in an interview on Monday.

Without offering additional particulars, Bezos stated he and accomplice journalist-turned-philanthropist Lauren Sánchez had been “building the capacity to be able to give away this money”.

The billionaire has dedicated $10 billion to struggle local weather change and shield nature via the Bezos Earth Fund, the place he’s the chief chair.

The fund didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton acquired $100 million via the “Bezos Courage & Civility Award”, an honor recognizing leaders who “pursue solutions with courage and civility,” he stated on Twitter on Saturday.

Bezos, who stepped down as chief government of Amazon in 2021, owns about 10% of the ecommerce big, together with information group Washington Post and area tourism firm Blue Origin.

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