(CNN) "Philanthropy," Oscar Wilde once wrote, "seems to have become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow-creatures." Leslie LenkowskyThat is why a June Twitter post by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, owner of The Washington Post, and -- for a few hours this week -- the world's wealthiest person , has created a stir in the philanthropic world. Despite his vast wealth, Bezos is not known for his generosity, as many of his tech-industry peers are. But in his Tweet , Bezos said he was planning on becoming more philanthropic and asked his more than 300,000 followers to send him ideas. However, Bezos was not looking for big challenges to tackle with his wealth.

Source: CNN July 29, 2017 18:11 UTC