Jeff Bezos, fourth from left, and Lauren Sánchez, next to him, attended the United Nation’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow in November and met with leaders from Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica and Bolivia. Also pictured is Bezos Earth Fund president and CEO Andrew Steer, third from right. (Photo via Instagram) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced…
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(Bezos Academy Photo) With five Bezos Academy preschools up and running in Washington state, the organization announced this week that it will be opening additional schools this year in Texas and Florida. The tuition-free preschools are based on Montessori educational principals, which include individualized, child-led learning and hands-on experiences. The first school opened in October…
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Mike and Jackie Bezos. (Fred Hutch Photo) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Wednesday announced an enormous philanthropic gift of $710.5 million from Jackie and Mike Bezos, the parents of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, pledged on behalf of the Bezos family. “This is a transformative gift,” said Dr. Thomas Lynch, Fred Hutch president and director, in…