MacKenzie Bezos, Amazon's former CEO's wife Jeff Bezos, pledged to donate half of her charity wealth. She signed "The Giving Pledge," an initiative of Ward Buffet and Bill Gates.
Bezos - whose father is the richest man in the world - is one of the 19 people who joined the initiative on Tuesday. "The Giving Pledge" was the starting point in 2010, an idea of Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.
Whoever signs, commits to donate half of the wealth, or more, as long as they are alive or in testaments. So far, the initiative has attracted 204 individuals and families.
"The gifts we can offer to the world fall into our hands thanks to a series of lucky moments and moments that we will never fully understand," said MacKenzie Bezos, who finalized divorce in April and benefited over 35 billion dollars from divorce.
"In addition to the assets that my life has given me, I have an excessive amount of money to share with others," she added. "My commitment to philanthropy will remain cautious. It will take time, effort and care. But I do not intend to wait. I will give up when the safes are empty. "
MacKenzie Bezos, whose estate is estimated at about $ 36.6 billion, is the 22nd in Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.
Her ex-spouse, who has not pledged to donate any property probe, has about $ 114 billion in wealth and is the richest man in the world.
