Jeff Bezos lets Dolly Parton resolve put $100M to good use

“She provides along with her coronary heart. What she’s completed for youths, and literacy, and so many different issues, is simply unbelievable,” Bezos, 58, mentioned in a video posted on social media.

“I’ve all the time mentioned, I attempt to put my cash the place my coronary heart is, and I believe you do the identical factor,” Parton mentioned within the video. “I’ll do my finest to do good issues with this cash. Thanks Jeff.”

Parton, 76, has operated a basis that’s distributed books to youngsters globally. A powerful advocate of vaccination, she supported Moderna Inc.’s shot by a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt College Medical Middle for coronavirus analysis.

Bezos has beforehand awarded $100 million apiece to chef Jose Andres, whose World Central Kitchen feeds individuals in disaster-stricken areas around the globe, and Van Jones, the founding father of Dream.Org.

Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest individual with a $123.9 billion fortune, has elevated his philanthropic efforts since stepping down as Amazon.com Inc.’s chief government officer final 12 months. He’s focusing most of his consideration on local weather change along with his $10 billion Earth Fund and likewise introduced a $200 million present to the Smithsonian Nationwide Air and House Museum. 

The billionaire can also be mentioned to be enthusiastic about buying the the NFL’s Washington Commanders, probably with music mogul Jay-Z as an investor.