Bezos: I’ll donate chunk of fortune

NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune.

Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at $124.1 billion, made the announcement in a joint CNN interview with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez that was released Monday. The billionaire didn’t specify how — or to whom — he will give away the money.

“The hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way,” he said. “It’s not easy. Building Amazon was not easy. It took a lot of hard work and very smart teammates. And I’m finding — and Lauren’s finding — that philanthropy is very similar. It’s not easy.”