Jeff Bezos asked for charitable giving advice - here's what he should do

He is one of the eight people who own the same wealth as the remainder of world population combined

Giving away money can be surprisingly hard to do. There is a large philanthropy industry in the world, and that industry is certainly not free from controversy.

There are some eye-watering tales of bad planning, such as the now infamous PlayPump scheme, which sought funds for a scheme providing merry-go-rounds connected to bore holes. Children were supposed to play on the ride and so provide power to pump up water.

Despite tens of millions of dollars in funding for PlayPump, it turned out that “playing” on the wheel was hard and not particularly