As Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in history, now worth over $105B, questions loom large on his potential philanthropic intentions
It's been seven months since Bezos tweeted a request for philanthropic ideas. — After the New York Times questioned Jeff Bezos about his level …
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@byrosenberg
Mike Rosenberg
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Jeff Bezos has made an extra $6.6 billion so far this year (yes, it's the 9th day of the year). The city of Seattle's entire budget for the year is $5.6 billion http://www.seattle.gov/... http://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@pgcornwell
Paige Cornwell
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And Seattle, where Bezos built his empire, has the third largest homeless population in the U.S., a school district that's millions of dollars in debt and an income inequality that rivals San Francisco http://twitter.com/...
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@benjaminnorton
Ben Norton
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Jeff Bezos (the founder of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post) made $33.7 billion last year. Now he nearly has $100 billion — $100,000,000,000. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg made $22.8 billion last year. He is now the 5th-richest person in the world. http://www.bloomberg.com/..…
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Ryan Mac
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Jeff Bezos is now worth $105 billion and hasn't done anything since soliciting ideas for charity 7 months ago: http://www.recode.net/... 1/10 Amazon employees in Ohio is on food stamps: http://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
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@recode
@recode
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Jeff Bezos' net worth has crossed $105 billion — surpassing Bill Gates for the largest fortune in modern history. But Gates has given away more than $60 billion over past 20 years. Bezos's philanthropic giving has been significantly more modest. http://www.recode.net/...