Philanthropy

After tweeting a request for ideas about how he should direct his future philanthropy, a company that specializes in harnessing the wisdom of crowds used their tech to find consensus on how the world thinks the Amazon founder should donate his billions.

Bezos recently topped record wealth levels, raising some questions around his philanthropic efforts.

The Amazon founder and Washington Post owner and his wife are making the donation to a scholarship fund co-founded by the newspaper's former publisher.

Guide to individual donors

Amazon founder's donation to TheDream.us carries a big message.

People have wondered if the Amazon chief was waiting until retirement to make a big charitable splash. In a tweet, he solicited ideas from the public.

Tech entrepreneur puts himself at the head of a Silicon Valley counter-revolution in giving.

CNBC's Robert Frank reports on how the richest people in the America shared their wealth.

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