How The Biggest Philanthropists Are Changing The World

Published on March 5, 2020 By Leah Goldberg

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is founder and president of Amazon and was recognized as the “richest man in modern history” when his net worth increased in July of 2018. He is currently worth $116 billion. Amazon has 95 million loyal users and the number is growing on a daily basis. 

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In 2018, Bezos gave $2 billion to the Bezos Day One Fund founded by his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos. The fund was created in order to support nonprofits that work with the homeless and the poor. It also funds the education of preschoolers in communities that are made up of low-income families. He is one of the world’s leading philanthropists according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.