And all she wants to do is bring light into other people’s worlds. “When you think of Dolly,” said Sánchez in the interview, “Look, everyone smiles, right? She is just beaming with light. It is the third such award, following similar grants to chef Jose Andrés, who has spent some of the money making meals for Ukrainians - and the climate advocate and CNN contributor Van Jones.ĭolly Parton receives $100 million Courage and Civility Award from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez
That working relationship was on display Saturday as Bezos and Sánchez announced a $100 million grant to Parton as part of her Courage and Civility Award. The 20-minute exchange with Bezos and Sánchez covered a broad range of topics, from Bezos’s views on political dialogue and a possible economic recession to Sánchez’s plan to visit outer space with an all-female crew and her reflections on a flourishing business partnership with Bezos. In a sit-down interview with CNN’s Chloe Melas on Saturday at his Washington, DC, home, Bezos, speaking alongside his partner, the journalist-turned-philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, said the couple is “building the capacity to be able to give away this money.”Īsked directly by CNN whether he intends to donate the majority of his wealth within his lifetime, Bezos said: “Yeah, I do.”īezos said he and Sánchez agreed to their first interview together since they began dating in 2019 to help shine a spotlight on the Bezos Courage and Civility Award, granted this year to musician Dolly Parton.
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