For the second time in a row, Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, has taken over Microsoft’s Bill Gates to become the richest man in the world. Bezos net worth as of September 2017 was US $ 93.1 billion and has diversified his business into several other sectors like energy, newspapers, aerospace etc. With so much of money at his disposal, one can think that Bezos can do anything that he wants in the world!
Well, this is exactly what he wants to do. Bezos took onto Twitter to ask people as to how can he put his money to good use. He wrote that he is looking for use his money to causes that provide immediate help and relief.
Request for ideas… pic.twitter.com/j6D68mhseL
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 15, 2017
Bezos is a renowned philanthropist who funds a number of causes. In 2012, his wife and he donated US $2.5 million to support same-sex marriage referendum in the US. He has also donated to educational societies, funded cancer research and into history.
Fun day christening Amazon’s latest wind farm. #RenewableEnergy pic.twitter.com/cTxeXdsFop
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) October 19, 2017
Needless to say, Bezos tweet garnered a lot of attention and as of today, it has over 48,000 comments. Take a look at some of the ideas that were presented to the billionaire.
Fund income study.
Fund a study of universal basic income. Long term: data on managing jobs becoming automated. Short term: help folks down on their luck.
— Nicole Sullivan (@stubbornella) July 30, 2017
Help people get safe drinking water.
Dispensers for Safe Water has provided safe water to 4.9m ppl, preventing millions of diarrheal episodes and saving thousands of lives 1/5
— Evidence Action (@EvidenceAction) July 31, 2017
Build homes.
Dispensers for Safe Water has provided safe water to 4.9m ppl, preventing millions of diarrheal episodes and saving thousands of lives 1/5
— Evidence Action (@EvidenceAction) July 31, 2017
Better wages for Amazon’s workers.
Better wages for Amazon warehouse workers
— JESSE HUTCHINSON (@KABOOBERATOR) August 10, 2017
Don’t donate.
don’t donate, build, create opportunities. Charity buys peace of mind, sustainable efforts change the world
— cdelconde (@cdelconde) July 28, 2017
Pay off national debt.
If all local billionaires contributed, including Larry Ellison, Warren Buffet: you could pay off the national debt:Saving our USA=BigHat
— KJ Cook (@RomanticOptimis) August 31, 2017
Eliminate hunger.
Create a simple system which ensures no one goes to sleep hungry tonight, anywhere globally. Possibly use leftover food in homes / eateries.
— WordTale (@WordTale) August 27, 2017
Employee matching program.
2X the impact, attract/delight/retain Amazonians, help thousands of non-profits with an employee matching program. Win-Win-Win #THINKBIG
— Brad Peterson (@BSPeterson) August 9, 2017
Educate the future.
Education. Education. Education. I’d like you to help people with their student loans. The smarter and more educated we are, the better.
— Scott The Moose (@lordmoose) July 27, 2017
Cure cancer.
“People should not die from cancer because they are poor or black.” #PatientNavigation saves lives and can only expand with more support.
— Harold Freeman (@HPFreemanPNI) August 10, 2017
Simplify music.
I have been working to simplify #Music,for all including #Disabled need a Business Partner to help complete the Code https://t.co/Q3qSfEwLIc
— Paul Callanan
#15 (@soundsezee) July 29, 2017
#15 (@soundsezee) After receiving thousands of tweets and and 11,000 retweets, Bezos responded with the following tweet.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) August 27, 2017
Isn’t he a responsible human? Let us know in the comments what do you think about this approach of his.