By Jim Hoft
American entrepreneur and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose worth is estimated at roughly $124.1 billion, announced on Monday with CNN that he would give away most of his fortune to charities that fight against climate change.
The announcement comes after Bezos awarded $100 million to singer and philanthropist Dolly Parton as a gift.
“We’ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient — Dolly Parton, who leads with her heart, and will put this $100 million award to great use helping so many people. She joins prior awardees, Van Jones and Chef Jose Andres. Congrats, Dolly!” Bezos wrote on his social media.
One of Parton’s current philanthropic endeavors is the Imagination Library, a program for promoting literacy that is getting very close to delivering its 200 million free books to young children across five nations.