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Bezos Pledges $2B To Battle Homelessness

  • Axios, Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:33 PM

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has pledged $2 billion to charities that support homeless populations, and preschools in low-income communities. “Up until now, Bezos has been relatively ungenerous compared to his status as the richest person in the world,” Axios notes. Yet, “Silicon Valley companies and the people who got rich off of them are under pressure to account for their role in rising inequality and other strife in society.”

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