What Jeff Bezos’ Philanthropy Tells Us About His Priorities
Money is ability, so when the world’s richest gentleman starts to devote his fortune, it is really worth spending interest to what he’s doing. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and newly minted pseudo-astronaut, has a good deal of dollars to commit. On July 19, the day in advance of he took a 10 moment joyride 66 miles (106 km) higher than the earth, his prosperity enhanced by $13 billion, many thanks to a bump in the Amazon’s share rate. That flight value $5.5 billion which, as international change groups hastened to level out, could have compensated for a good deal of world change. But for Bezos, it was not really half the prior day’s wages.
Bezos introduced in his submit-flight press convention that he was donating $100 million to two superior profile founders of non-income: the celebrity chef (and former TIME go over topic) José Andrés,
