The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezosassured the US channel CNN that plan donate most of his $124 billion estate throughout his life to combat the climate crisis and combat the deep social and political divisions in the world.
This is the first time that the businessman has made this statement, although he has not given details about how he plans to use his fortune in pursuit of the goals he has set.
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Bezos, considered the fourth richest person in the world according to Forbes magazinehas invested to date 10,000 million dollars in the last ten years to his foundation for the protection of the environment, which represents approximately 8% of its current capital.
In the interview with CNN, he pointed out that philanthropic work needs a lot of effort and assured: “There are a lot of ways in which I think ineffective things can also be done, so you have to think carefully and you have to have brilliant people on the team. ”.
Given the current economic situation, with numerous analysts warning about the possibility of a recession in the short or medium term, Bezos recommended that small businesses and people in general avoid taking risks at this time and that if they plan to make a large purchase, let them wait a bit.
The economy right now doesn’t look like it’s doing very well, things are slowing down, we’re seeing layoffs in a lot of sectors, odds are if we’re not in a recession right now we’ll be in a recession very soon so my recommendation to small businesses is don’t take risks now,” he said.
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