It's happened before. Andrew Carnegie gave away most of his fortune which was in its time as substantial as Gates' wealth. Also, Bill Gates' mom was into publ

It's happened before. Andrew Carnegie gave away most of his fortune which was in its time as substantial as Gates' wealth. Also, Bill Gates' mom was into public service in big way, so there's some family history. [0] This sort of thing used to be fairly common in the American upper class. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Maxwell_Gates Edit: punctuation