During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many prominent companies and individuals have pledged financial support towards affected businesses and workers. As of April 2020, Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter and payment provider Square, has stated that he would donate one billion U.S. dollars in equity from his tech activities to a COVID-19 relief fund. This constitutes approximately 28 percent of Dorsey's net worth of 3.89 billion U.S. dollars. In contrast, Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately 140 billion U.S. dollars, had pledged 100 million U.S. dollars, which amounts to 0.08 percent of his personal net worth. Since March 2020, Bezos' net worth actually increased due to the boom in online shopping during coronavirus pandemic.
Financial contributions pledged by U.S. tech billionaires in response to the coronavirus pandemic as of April 2020
(in million U.S. dollars)
personal or philanthropical organization donations, does not include associated company pledges
Supplementary notes
Personal or philanthropical organization donations, does not include company pledges. For example, the 100 million USD donation by Jeff Bezos does not include Amazon's 25 million USD pledge towards the company's relief fund for its workers.
*Via The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
**Via The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Financial contributions pledged by U.S. tech billionaires in response to the coronavirus pandemic as of April 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Business Insider, April 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129009/big-tech-executives-coronavirus-relief-pledges/
