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While it's always great when people give that kind of money to charity...also understand that she gained $24B in net worth since her divorce from Jeff (18 month
by j_walter 6y ago
While it's always great when people give that kind of money to charity...also understand that she gained $24B in net worth since her divorce from Jeff (18 months). $1.7B is a drop in the bucket for her...so while it's great that she did that, don't consider it profound or anything. She has no problem selling that stock and cashing out...she has no vested interest in maintaining control like her ex-husband.
- rmrfstar 6y agoPositive reinforcement for positive steps. Scott is saying and doing good pro-social things.
- GoodJokes 6y agoI think 24 billion was enough positive reinforcement.
- sbelskie 6y ago7% of either 1) my net worth or 2) the increase in my net worth over the last 18 months doesn’t feel like a “drop in the bucket” and I definitely didn’t donate either amount. So I’m happy to applaud her for doing so.
- CarbyAu 6y agoWell, she could downsize to a mere 1% of her net worth and then spend the next 25 years spending 50K per day and still have over 100mil leftover for her old age and the kids inheritance. And that's assuming zero further income. So there comes a stage where I am not about to pat any billionaire on the back for "a big donation". It might just be good PR and likely will be some kind of tax benefit too. That said, I'd rather see more of it than less because I don't think any single person is honestly so valuable to society to be worth that much. They honestly shouldn't have that kind of money. The system is broken.