Amazon.com Inc. founder and CEO Jeff Bezos took to Instagram on Sunday, pledging to donate $1 million Australian dollars to support the victims of the Australian wildfires that have killed at least 27 people, torched more than 2,000 homes and burned an area larger than the state of Indiana since last September.
On Forbes’ list of America’s Top Givers of 2018, Bezos ranked 23rd out of 50. Bezos made his debut on the list of America’s top donors to charity in 2018. — Thick Cave & the Bad Tweets™ January 12, 2020 Kylie Jenner is donating $1 million to relief efforts in Australia — although she was also slammed on social media for posting another photo wearing Louis Vuitton LVMH, +1.47% mink fur slippers, when a billion animals are believed to have been killed in southern Australia as a result of the fires.
View this post on Instagram Hi everyone. Like you, I want to support the fight against the bushfires here in Australia. My family and I are contributing a million dollars. Hopefully you guys can chip in too. Every penny counts so whatever you can muster up is greatly appreciated. In my bio I’ve added links to support the fire fighters, organisations and charities who are working flat out to provide support and relief during this devastating and challenging time.
He has deserted his wife for an adulterous. Leave him to his infamous 'school boy love blindness.
Why does he have to pledge anything?
Make your own business like he did and donate whatever you want!
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How much did your publication give? Australia is in the hot seat.... literally lol, and I dont think they are complaining considering their history of being there. Dont they have a BS queen, wtf did she tell her taxpayers to give?
How much did you pledge dot-dot-dot zero
vernermark Is it a donation or a fee?
How many Jobs have Metallica and Jenner provided vs Bezos ? I’m sure he gives to many who need it. He’ll look how much he had to give wife
I bet those people giving bezos the 3rd degree didn’t donate shit.
Solution: don’t donate anything. Solved 🙄
How much did you pledge?👹👹👹
I love how good poor/mediocre people are at spending rich people’s money!!
What a stupid article. Why don’t you report how much Bezos has donated all these years to other charities?
The Blue Origin Moon Lunar Landing is more important. Save the money and hire more people. No environmental wacks (180 plus)setting fire to there own countryside there. Probably hiding the supplies like the Puerto Rican government clowns God Bless🇺🇸 Trump No More Bull Shit!
So what have ave you contrbited
This tweet gets old
Oh give him a break... he just donated half his money to his ex wife lol
What about billionaires in other countries?
Obligated to give NOTHING. Be thankful for the gift you receive...
Is there a calculator somewhere he should have used to make you happy?
Bullocks. The man is doing something good and should not be critized for it. If everybody contributed same share of their net worth it would probably be plenty.
How many times will post this same article?
Donations are voluntary and should be given anonymously. The author should given more
'Allegedly' 2handsCanchange1
Are you insinuating that they should all donate as a percentage of their net worth... if so who/what sets the benchmark? I don’t understand the aim of this post... 🤔
I guess he didn’t have to donate anything at all! Lol
Look he donated that's all that matters DAMN!
Don’t knock people who donate. Say ‘Thank You’
His money and he can do whatever he want with it.
So funny how people expect the rich to give back, it's not an obligation... not only that, but they get mad even when they donate... how much have those who are complaining donated?
Net worth on paper /= liquid net worth. Such a trash publication.
And Exactly how much did marketWatch pledge? (Awkward Silence)
How many times are you going to post this? Until Bezos increases his commitment? He could also elect to pay higher Income Taxes, but I doubt that’s going to happen either.
How much did wall street journal parent donate?
I'm not a fan of the guy, but he still donated. Check the list of those who didnt give.
You’d’ve rather they gave zero $?
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If rich people go around giving all their money to good causes, they won’t be rich long. There are a lot of good causes.
This story’s getting fucking old. Honestly it’s not even news - stop sharing it
The amount of your business it is, that literally anyone else on earth is giving away = ‘nunya’.
I’ve waded into several debates about this. I have a question: to how many other causes does Bezos donate? That is, what is his overall philanthropic profile? For all I know, this could be 1% of what he gives away annually. Need more data, please.
Rich people pretend to care.... Bezo forgot where he came from.
lol, can't get rich if you give away your money
Catch 22... “Damn if you do, damn if you don’t.”
Their money, their choices 🤷🏾♀️
I’d be happy with $690,000
People should just be thankful they receive something, after all he works hard for what he’s getting.
Net worth is different from physical money.
So what, at least people are donating what they can!
How is Metallica worth less than Kylie Jenner? I bet Bezos donated more than . What right do you have telling people how they need to donate to charity?
Author...state your net worth and the percentage you’ve given
Worth and liquid cash are two totally different things
Cheap skate.!! I sold Amazon for this reason—Bezos is a Bozo
Y’all love winding people up. Look at all these monkeys generating clicks on demand. Guess I’m one of them too now🤷🏻♂️
Can we go back to the old days before social media shaming? Also can we check in a year to see if the money actually went to people who needed it?
LizClaman liked this. Liz, are you of the radical socialist millennial mindset that if Billionaires just donated “more” all problems would be fixed?
How much did Marketwatch pledge
Like Jesus said the Widow put in more than the rest.
Chill!
Glass is always half-empty with trolls.
Ehem remember he’s got a prenup?
He almost matched MEtallica, bro.
Bezos is a brutal capitalist, cyborg-like, it’s a systematic misallocation of capital that his model allows him to profit so much by squeezing environment and workers.
I’ve pledged nothing, so I won’t complain
No bad for a business that started on a garage and now selling a lot of fake low quality stuff.
Well, he is recovering from a divorce....
Are ya’ll a little jelly?
Good for him for donating!
great... Let's just tell everybody how to spend their money now.. yeah it may not be alot compared to their worth, but it's their prerogative and their ma money...nuff said.
How the fuck is Kylie Jenner worth more than all of Metallica. That’s the fear travesty here?
He who doesn’t pay taxes, doesn’t need shelter
Who cares. How much did Market Watch give?
Who cares, it's only Australia.
How much did you pledge MarketWatch?
That’s because he needs all of his money for... *checks notes* space exploration.... 🤷🏻♂️
And market watch pledged
What did you all donate?
Shouldn't you be more focused on the Australian government and support from other nations. And not individuals
Bezos: If I were your charitable advisor, I would say “delete that”. That donation is pretty stock. (Likely appreciated stock) NoLayingUp TronCarterNLU DJPie BigRandyNLU ngschuNLU
JeffBezos ? You can't take it with you when you die $$$$$$ GREED 🤔😢
Because as the richest man in the world he’s also greediest man in the world!
chinupatel29 That explain very well, why he have that much more money
That’s $690,000 more than most people pledged ... seriously, people are so dumb and envious. 🤦🏻♂️
If I was worth 1 billion I would probably give 10 million. I mean come on that would leave 90 million lol
So market watch reckons by this logic that Jeff Bezos would even have the equivalent percentage or 1.2bn liquid and choose to give that to the cause because muh percentage of wealth
He would have received less scrutiny donating zero.
BeZo where's my light order? Explain that!
Liberals love spending other people’s money
The entire band Metallica after all these years is worth only 68 mil?!?!?
You would think since Bezos paid ZERO in federal taxes he would be happy to help more.
It's whatever you feel like donating or a tax call for people, I am glad he gave what he did we need more guys like him doing the same!!
Next time, Will be zero.
Oh wow. Ungrateful. It’s not a pissing contest.
They're not required to give anything.
His money and he does whatever F he wants.
Ahhh the responsibilities of being a multi Billionaire
Majority of those complaining pledge nothing
you could argue only metallica has earned that money
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