Amazon’s Jeff Bezos commits $2 billion to help homeless, pre-schools

By Munsif Vengattil and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc's founder and the world's richest person, on Thursday said he will commit $2 billion to helping homeless families and starting pre-schools for low-income communities. The announcement marks a deeper foray into philanthropy for Bezos, whose fortune has soared to more than $160 billion thanks to his stake in Amazon, according to Forbes. Dominance in e-commerce and the nascent field of cloud computing has made Amazon the world's second-most valuable public company.

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