Elon Musk agrees with Jeff Bezos on charity: ‘If I do my job right…’
founder of amazon jeff bezosIn his interview with CNBC, he said that his businesses do more good for society than his charity work. Elon Musk They seemed to agree with this. Bezos said, “If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be far greater than the profits from my charitable donations.”“I get letters all the time from new moms who say, ‘We don’t know what we would have done if we didn’t have Amazon, thank you,’ or what we did in the pandemic when people could actually see what an essential service we were actually providing to them. And that’s how Amazon and all the companies are creating jobs,” Bezos said.Elon Musk exclusively shared this clip and told the internet that he also agrees with Bezos.Forbes estimates that Bezos has donated more than $2.4 billion over his lifetime. Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez have pledged $10 billion to the Bezos Earth Fund by 2030, and as of February, they have given $2.4 billion. They also run a series of tuition-free preschools and provide temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness through the Day 1 Family Fund. Bezos’s ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $26 billion so far. In 2025, he donated more than anyone on Earth and donated 46% of his total net worth.
Here’s how social media users reacted
- Social media users debated whether what Bezos said was the most honest thing ever said by one of the richest people ever or whether it was the most convenient thing to say.
- As long as they’re not donating money to politicians, they’re super generous, one wrote.
- Another wrote, I would prefer they have zero altruism cause, when they do, we end up with mutant ticks.
- Disgusting and extremely hypocritical. A third user wrote, For-profit corporations exist to maximize profits, not to serve humanity.