Bezos Hires Earth Fund CEO to Accelerate $10 Billion Giving (1)

Jeff Bezos hired Andrew Steer of the World Resources Institute to help him spend a $10-billion commitment to fight climate change by 2030.

Steer, also the World Bank’s former special envoy for climate change, will become the first president and chief executive officer of the Bezos Earth Fund, which started in February 2020. Bezos, the world’s richest man, promised “$10 billion to start” with to combat global warming. The fund made its first gifts, of $791 million, in November, primarily to traditional environmental charities.

In a Twitter thread, Steer said “Jeff’s goal is to spend it down between now ...