Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, unveils $2 bn fund to help homeless

Last year Bezos solicited advice from the public via Twitter, asking how he could best use his wealth to help people 'right now'

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, is launching a $2 billion fund to help homeless families and create a network of non-profit preschools in low-income communities.

The Bezos Day One Fund will issue annual awards to organizations that are doing “compassionate, needle-moving work” to shelter and support the immediate needs of young families, the billionaire announced in a blog post on Thursday. Its vision statement comes from Mary’s Place in Seattle: no child sleeps outside.

“We’ll use the same set of principles that have driven Amazon,” Bezos wrote. “Most important among those will be genuine, intense customer obsession. The child will be