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Jeff Bezos is one of few US top billionaires who hasn't signed the Giving Pledge. Here's how much the Amazon CEO has given to charity

Jeff Bezos is one of few US top billionaires who hasn't signed the Giving Pledge. Here's how much the Amazon CEO has given to charity

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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.

  • $4 is the richest person in the world, with $4 $114 billion.
  • Bezos' most recent - and biggest - donation was the $4 in September, but he's been $4.
  • The $4 CEO is the only American among the world's five richest people who has not signed the the $4in which participants promise to give away more than half of their wealth during their lifetime or in their will.
  • These are the donations Bezos is known to have made since becoming a billionaire in 1997.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may be the richest person in the world, but he isn't well-known for his billion-dollar donations and philanthropic efforts like $4 and $4.

Additional light was recently shed on Bezos' charitable donations after news that his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, $4, in which participants promise to give away more than half of their wealth during their lifetime or in their will.

Among the five richest people in America, Jeff Bezos - $4 - is the only one who hasn't signed onto the philanthropic commitment.

It's not clear why Bezos has avoided joining the Giving Pledge, an initiative started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet $4. His charitable history has "remained largely a mystery," $4 in 2017 after Bezos $4 for philanthropy on Twitter.

A nonprofit bearing Bezos's last name - the $4 - $4 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. However, the fund $4 the Amazon CEO's parents, and reportedly hasn't received contributions from Jeff Bezos himself.

Additionally, Bezos had never appeared on the annual list of America's 50 largest donors - $4, when $4 with the launch of $4 for education programs for the homeless. Still, that donation $4 at the time.

Here are all the major donations Jeff Bezos is known to have given to charity since becoming a billionaire in 1997:

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