Jeff Bezos is launching a $2 billion fund to support homeless families and education using Amazon's methods
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is launching a new charitable $2 billion fund to support underserved communities and education programs.
- It's called the Bezos Day One Fund and will focus on creating resources for the homeless as well as a full-scholarship preschool program.
Jeff Bezos announced the launch of a new $2 billion fund called the Bezos Day One Fund on Thursday. In a statement, Bezos wrote that the philanthropic program was created along with his wife MacKenzie Bezos to support homeless families and education programs in underserved communities.
The fund is named for the Amazon CEO's longstanding "Day 1" philosophy, which Bezos said inspired him to create the charity. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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