Original title: admirable! What about Bezos's ex-wife's donation? What the hell is going on
On May 28, according to foreign media reports, earlier on Tuesday local time in the United States, the 'donation pledge' Organization announced that in the past year, a total of 18 individuals or couples (both billionaires and philanthropists) joined them and promised to donate at least half of their wealth to charity in their lifetime or after their death.
Among them, Jeff & middot, CEO of Amazon; Jeff Bezos's ex-wife Mackenzie & middot; Mackenzie Bezos is one of the latest to join. More than 200 rich people have made donation commitments, including Bill & middot; Bill Gates and Melinda & middot; Melinda Gates, Warren & middot; Warren Buffett, Mark & middot; Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla & middot; Priscilla Chan, Shirley & middot; Sheryl Sandberg and Mark & middot; Marc Benioff and Lynn & middot; Lynn Benioff et al.
Before announcing their divorce in April this year, the Bezos promised to donate $2 billion to help the homeless and educate preschool children in low-income communities. As a writer, McKenzie holds about $36 billion worth of Amazon shares. He has been active in philanthropy for many years, supporting the solution of many social problems, including marital equality, homeless families and illegal immigrants, as well as medical research on cancer and Alzheimer's disease. She is also the founder and executive director of the anti bullying organization bystander revolution.
McKenzie shared an excerpt of her 'donation pledge' in a press release. She wrote in her letter: 'in addition to the assets I earn, I have a lot of wealth to share. My attitude towards philanthropy needs to continue to be considered, which requires time, effort and care. But I won't wait any longer. I'll hold on until the safe is empty. "
Jeremy & middot, co-founder of GMO, a Boston investment management company; Jeremy Grantham, his wife Hanne, and Robert & middot, former CEO of the toll brothers, a luxury real estate company; Robert toll, his wife Jane, and Mitchell & middot, co-founder of Danaher; Mitchell rales and his wife Emily also made the list for the first time in the past 12 months.
The 'donation pledge' organization was founded by gates and Buffett in 2010. So far, 203 people from 23 countries have signed it. Signing the oath allows philanthropists to join a group of wealthy individuals and families. They meet at annual meetings and year-round activities, learn from each other, and meet with external experts. The two-day annual meeting began in a secret place on Tuesday. The meeting will discuss education, climate and clean energy, equity and access to health care, community development and disaster relief.
Other people who signed the 'donation pledge' on Tuesday include Sheikh Mohammed bin massallam bin ham al americi from the United Arab Emirates and Ben & middot, co-founder of bitmex, a trading platform for bitcoin and other cryptocurrency derivatives; Ben Delo, Liu Daoming, chairman of Meihao real estate group, and David & middot, founder of two British investment companies; David Harding, his wife Claudia, and John & middot, founder of Canadian trader classified media; John MCALL and his wife Marcy (senior researcher in the Department of evidence-based medicine and primary health care health sciences of Oxford University), Nicholas & middot, founder and CEO of ako capital, a European investment company; Nicolai tangen and his wife Katja.
Some of the 18 people who signed the 'donation pledge' this year promised to fulfill this commitment as early as 2018 in their annual statement. Stewart & middot, chairman of Choice Hotels International and artis senior living; Stewart bainum and his wife, producer, actor and singer sandy joined the pledge last September, while Brian & middot, CEO of coinbase; Brian Armstrong also joined the 'donation pledge' organization last December. Paul & middot, founder of hedge fund Tudor investment; Tudor & middot; Paul Tudor Jones and his wife Sonia joined the organization last April.
People who signed the 'donation pledge' this year include Brian & middot, co-founder of WhatsApp and executive chairman of the signal technology foundation; Brian Acton and his wife tegan, Ryan D. 'jume' Jumonville, owner of United networks of America, Jeff & middot, continuous entrepreneur, software developer and CEO of twilio; Jeff Lawson and his wife Erica, and Francine & middot, a television, drama and film producer; Francine a. Lefrak and her husband Rick & middot; Rick Friedberg, partner of venture capital lowercase capital, Chris & middot; Chris sacca and his wife crystal, etc.