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Jeff Bezos unexpectedly gives $100 million donation to Obama Foundation

By Nihal Krishan
Published November 22, 2021 4:57pm ET
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Jeff Bezos unexpectedly gives $100 million donation to Obama Foundation
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos attends the premiere of "The Post " at The Newseum on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington. | (Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

Amazon CEO and billionaire Jeff Bezos has reportedly given a $100 million charitable donation to the Barack Obama Foundation, a gift that will help fund the construction of the former president’s new center in Chicago while giving Bezos access to Obama and other top power players.

Bezos, who is not known to be close to Obama, decided to give the money to the former president thanks to a relationship brokered by Jay Carney, Amazon’s head of global corporate affairs and Obama’s former press secretary, Puck News reported on Monday.

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