In February Bezos said he would step down as chief executive of Amazon and focus on his other passions including the Day 1 Fund, Bezos Earth Fund and Blue Origin
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Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday named Andrew Styer, who heads the environmental think tank World Resource Institute, as president and chief executive officer of its $ 10 billion Earth Fund.
The billionaire started the Bezos Earth Fund last year and raised $ 10 billion to fund scientists, activists, nonprofit organizations and other groups fighting to protect the environment and combat the effects of climate change Were.
Bezos said in an Instagram post, Steer has years of experience in environmental and climatology as well as economic and social policy in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Amazon, which distributes 10 billion items a year, has a massive transportation and data center footprint, and the e-commerce giant has faced criticism from its own workforce for the impact it has on the environment. .
Bezos said in February that he would step down as chief executive officer of Amazon and focus on his other passions including Day 1 Fund, Bezos Earth Fund and Blue Origin.
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