The richest man in the world and the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos donated $ 791 million to protect the environment. The billionaire wrote about this in his Instagram .
The entrepreneur donated money to 16 environmental organizations that “work on innovative, ambitious and dynamic solutions.” Donations, for example, will go to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the ClimateWorks Foundation and the World Resources Institute. They will receive between $ 5 million and $ 100 million. According to Bezos, the allocated amount is just the beginning, he intends to spend money on charity and beyond.
“Over the past few months, I have learned from incredibly smart people whose main goal in life is to fight climate change and negative impacts on nature. I am inspired by what they do, and I am happy to help them,” Bezos wrote.
In early November, an entrepreneur sold shares of his company for three billion dollars. Thus, in total in 2020, the richest man on the planet got rid of more than $ 10 billion of his company’s securities. Bezos’s fortune is estimated at $ 183.8 million.