This is actually part of the strength of a large gift to a university like MIT. Using the prestige of the university, and the money, you can bring in an entire

This is actually part of the strength of a large gift to a university like MIT. Using the prestige of the university, and the money, you can bring in an entire cohort of capable scientists dedicated to a research area, and achieve scale via a "brain trust" that would otherwise be impossible. Other universities have indeed done this in the past with great success.