French President, Emmanuel Macronwould award the Order of the Legion of Honor Billionaire Jeff Bezosowner of Amazon, on the 16th in a private ceremony, according to the French weekly Le Point on Thursday.

Event It was not on the President’s official agenda. and no statements have been released on the matter either, writes Le Point on the Internet, and the Élysée Palace has not yet made a decision on the matter.

Jeff Bezos, the fourth richest person in the world according to Forbes, would have received the award on Thursday, February 16, the day it took place in France. fifth day of strikes and protests against the government’s proposed pension reform.

The ceremony, which the publication defines as “generous but confidential”was held behind closed doors with a handful of guests, including the president of the LVMH group, Bernard Arno, currently the richest person in the world according to Forbes.

Also this Thursday, the French Minister of Culture reported from Kyiv that the French audiovisual journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, killed on May 30, 2022 while reporting in eastern Ukraine, will receive the same reward posthumously.