Jeff Bezos’s Charitable Giving Is Another Billionaire Scam
The recent announcement that Jeff Bezos is donating the bulk of his vast fortune to charity should be recognizable to everyone at this point: it’s a tried-and-true scheme to rehabilitate his public image while avoiding paying taxes.
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2018. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)
In a surprising volte-face, the lizard-eating, union-busting, piss-prohibiting Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, appeared in the news last week to let you know — despite all evidence to the contrary — he’s actually a pretty chill guy.
It took place on CNN, where Bezos anguished for eight straight minutes over the great difficulty of donating the “majority” of his vast $119.5 billion fortune to charitable causes.
“The hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way,” Bezos complained. “You could do ineffective things . . . so you have to think about it carefully, and you have to have brilliant people on the team.”
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