Although the ubiquity of Amazon in our lives goes a long way to explain how founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was able to amass a staggering $109 billion fortune, that doesn't necessarily mean he and his company have enjoyed a sterling reputation.
In addition to some bad press for cutting health benefits on part-time Whole Foods employees, Amazon has long faced criticism for the working conditions enshrined by management in its warehouses.
Add that to the growing debate over whether billionaires should even exist in an ideal world and it becomes clear that Bezos and his company aren't necessarily as popular among the public as their revenues might suggest.
With this in mind, it's hard not to put charitable donations like his most recent spate of generosity within a larger context.