Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced that he would donate most of his assets exceeding 17 trillion yen, and there was also criticism of the ambiguous declaration



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Jeff Bezos , the founder of Amazon and one of the world's leading millionaires, invited a reporter from the news channel CNN to his home and said that he owns $ 124 billion (about 17.4 trillion yen). He has pledged to donate most of his assets to charity. While Bezos' announcement has attracted attention, some people have pointed out that the content of the declaration is ambiguous, and some say that it is intended to divert criticism of Amazon.

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Mr. Bezos, who has risen to one of the world's leading millionaires as the founder of Amazon, has conducted philanthropic activities such as contributing over 1 trillion yen from pocket money to establish a global warming countermeasure fund. It has also been criticized that the percentage of assets invested in philanthropic activities is small compared to the rich.

One of the reasons for criticism is that Mr. Bezos' name is on the signature list of the donation pledge declaration ' Giving Pledge ' launched by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett . The point is that there is no The signature list includes Bezos' ex-wife Mackenzie Scott, Tesla and SpaceX founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and other American millionaires. are listed by many names.

Meanwhile, in a CNN interview held at Mr. Bezos' home on November 12, 2022, Mr. Bezos announced that he would donate most of his assets. The state of the interview can be confirmed in the following video.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he'll give away his wealth-YouTube


Interviewer Chloe Melas asks, 'Are you thinking of donating most of your wealth in your lifetime?'



Mr. Bezos replied, 'Yes, I'm going to do that,' and revealed his intention to donate most of his assets.



Mr. Bezos continued, claiming that the difficulty is how to make a donation. Bezos likened giving to building Amazon, saying, 'Building Amazon wasn't easy. It took a lot of hard work and a lot of very smart teammates.' Charity work is not easy, it is really difficult,' he said, explaining that he is looking for effective ways to donate.



On the same day as the CNN interview, Mr. Bezos announced that he had chosen singer-songwriter and philanthropist Dolly Parton as the winner of the 2020 charity award Courage and Civility Award . Did. Mr. Parton was given a grant of $ 100 million (about 14 billion yen), which can be used for any charitable activity.



While Mr. Bezos' announcement that he will donate most of his assets has attracted attention, various criticisms have been received about the details of the donation policy and Mr. Bezos' intentions. Writer Charlotte Clymer has criticized Bezos for not giving away the 'majority of his assets' as it's unclear how much he has.



In addition, financial writer Oliver Sachgau says that 'millionaires donating to charity' is 'depositing assets with charities managed by themselves or their families,' and is an effective way to avoid inheritance tax. points out that.



Writer Adam Johnson said Bezos' donation was meant to distract him from bad news, including accusations of racism and harsh working conditions by Bezos' housekeeper, a slump in Amazon's stock price , and mass layoffs of Amazon employees. argued that there might be



It is reported that Amazon plans to dismiss as many as 10,000 employees, mainly in the device business, personnel department, and retail department, in response to the economic recession.

It is reported that Amazon will dismiss 10,000 employees, if realized, it will be the largest personnel reduction in Amazon's history - GIGAZINE



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