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Jeff Bezos Seeking To Have Historic Dutch Bridge Dismantled In Order To Fit $450 Million Superyacht

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">A wise woman once said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;They make it when you got the coins&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and that&&num;8217&semi;s the case for Jeff Bezos&period; As the most wealthiest man in the world four years in a row and a net worth of &dollar;177 billion&comma; he is asking the Dutch city of Rotterdam to temporarily dismantle a historic bridge so his superyacht can fit through&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this week&comma; it was announced that the Dutch city had agreed to dismantle the middle section of the 95-year-old bridge that has a clearance of 130-feet&comma; so that the yacht could pass through this summer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But on Thursday evening&comma; officials issued another statement and said they had not approved the plan to dismantle the bridge that&&num;8217&semi;s currently not in use&comma; but they are aware of the request that came from the shipbuilder&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;De Hef&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The city also said that they cost to temporarily dismantle the bridge would be covered by the shipbuilding company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;03&sol;world&sol;europe&sol;jeff-bezos-yacht-rotterdam-bridge&period;html">reports<&sol;a>&comma; the superyacht is the largest yacht in the world&comma; coming in at 417 feet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jeff-bezos-donates-100-million-to-cnn-commentator-van-jones-says-he-can-do-whatever-he-wants-with-the-money&sol;">In July 2021&comma;<&sol;a> Jeff  Bezos announced that he was donating &dollar;100 million to Jones to do &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;whatever he wants&comma;” as he stated that Jones was one of two recipients of the Courage and Civility Award&comma; which is one of his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;surprise” philanthropic initiatives&period; Bezos also added that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They can give it all to their own charity or they can share the wealth&period; It is up to them&period;” The donation and award is to honor those who have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;demonstrated courage” and tried to be a unifier in a divisive world&comma; Bezos explained&period; The other recipient was Chef Jose Andres&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As he accepted the massive financial gift&comma; Van Jones expressed his shock and appreciation&comma; saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;sometimes dreams come true&period;” He also told Jeff Bezos&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You bet on me and I appreciate it&period; &lbrack;It’s money for me to&rsqb; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;give to others who have a similar spirit&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roomies&comma; what do you think of this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"83228" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jeff-bezos-seeking-to-have-historic-dutch-bridge-dismantled-in-order-to-fit-450-million-superyacht&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0a3548add1"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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