You never hear jeff .....donating couple hundred million on hungry children him/gates/ buffet musk....etc ......etc ........etc you would think they would donate to hungry kids or st judes ....cancer cancer research .........but that would be too easy ...maybe not enough tax breaks huh .......i think .....thats the only reason ......be nice to see kids get fed ....but hey ...space first right jeff.....more important to let spoiled white people go to space ....rather than kids live ....but that's just me!!!!!!
jeff Bezos has called work-life balance a 'debilitating phrase,' and says work and life are actually a circle
Story by bnguyen@insider.com (Britney Nguyen) • 13h ago
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged to donate the majority of his wealth to charity. Here's how he currently spends his $122 billion fortune, from giant underground clocks to space exploration.
Jeff Bezos has amassed a $122 billion fortune since founding Amazon in 1994, per Bloomberg.
Bezos stepped down as Amazon CEO in mid-2021 after seeing a pandemic-era surge in wealth.
He recently announced plans to donate the majority of his fortune to various charities.
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has become one of the wealthiest and most recognizable figures in the tech world.
In November, Bezos announced plans to donate the majority of his fortune to charity, a commitment he had until recently shied away from. From past philanthropy projects to splashy real estate purchases, here's how one of the world's richest people spends his wealth.
Andy Kiersz, Taylor Nicole Rogers, Katie Canales, and Hillary Hoffower previously contributed to this reporting.
Jeff Bezos doesn't like the phrase "work-life balance," and has said in the past that work and life are actually a circle.
The Amazon founder said in 2018, at an event hosted by Insider's parent company, that he tries to teach young and senior employees about "work-life harmony," and that it's not a balance.
"I get asked about work-life balance all the time," Bezos told Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. "And my view is, that's a debilitating phrase because it implies there's a strict trade-off."
He said the reality is, if he's happy at home, he has "tremendous energy," when he goes into the office. And if he's happy at work, Bezos said he comes home with the same energy.
"It actually is a circle," Bezos said. "It's not a balance."
Bezos' so-called work-life circle has changed since he made the remarks. The billionaire stepped down from his role as CEO of the e-commerce giant in July 2021. Bezos was replaced by Andy Jassy, his former AWS chief, and Bezos directed his focus to other endeavors, like space exploration with his company Blue Origin, and philanthropy.
Bezos, who is currently the sixth-richest person in the world, has taken a nontraditional approach to work: He has said he made time for breakfast every morning with his family, doesn't set his alarm before going to bed, schedules surprisingly few meetings, and set aside a few minutes every day to wash his own dishes.
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