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because she donated like 10-15% of her money. what percentage does jeff donate?

bagacrap 6y ago
which is still effectively nothing for her, since even 1% of her money is enough to do whatever she wants for the rest of her life. Honest question: besides charity, how can you possibly spend your wealth after it creeps past the billion or ten billion mark? Buy an archipelago?
- TuringNYC 6y ago
  >> Honest question: besides charity, how can you possibly spend your wealth after it creeps past the billion or ten billion mark? Buy an archipelago? Buy influence, then use that influence to drive policy changes. Unfortunately it is not always used the way we want, some examples are the Koch brothers and Robert Mercer Theoretically you can use this influence to drive better climate policy, better civil rights, better social justice
  - nceqs3 6y ago
    Robert Mercer is not a billionaire btw. Ironically Jim Simons (his ex partner) has donated a lot of money to the democratic party/causes. Does that balance it out?
- barry-cotter 6y ago
  Spend it on your politics like Soros or Koch. Accelerate technical progress like Musk. Pure vanity like that guy who spent $600m getting the Chicago GSB named after him. I’m sure if you tried you could come up with some ways you’d like the world to be different that you could spend a lot of money on. Personally I’d love to see well recognized, respected tests that test the same knowledge as a variety of university degrees. Setting up an organization to do that and giving prizes for the top results to build brand awareness for the first decade could easily burn a million dollars a year for a decade for one subject. Advertising is expensive, organizations are expensive, people are expensive, especially qualified, competent ones.
artvark11 6y ago
It's more like she donated 5-7.5% of Jeff's money.
- NeutronStar 6y ago
  They wed together before he started Amazon. She's not some vulture that came along after and made off with half his money.
- cupofcoffee 6y ago
  Don't know why being downvoted, it's factually true.
  - nbm 6y ago
    But it’s not actually factually true - it’s her money according to the laws and contracts in place. If it were his money, he’d have it. He doesn’t, so it isn’t “factually” his money. It’s only “his money” in a non-factual basis where we are implying something akin to “he earned it and she didn’t”.
- nefitty 6y ago
  It’s hard to believe he has achieved what he has without the support of his partner. That’s kinda the point of splitting assets upon divorce, because the law recognizes that partnership as (ideally) having been a shared effort to the benefit of both individuals.

which is still effectively nothing for her, since even 1% of her money is enough to do whatever she wants for the rest of her life. Honest question: besides charity, how can you possibly spend your wealth after it creeps past the billion or ten billion mark? Buy an archipelago?

TuringNYC 6y ago
>> Honest question: besides charity, how can you possibly spend your wealth after it creeps past the billion or ten billion mark? Buy an archipelago? Buy influence, then use that influence to drive policy changes. Unfortunately it is not always used the way we want, some examples are the Koch brothers and Robert Mercer Theoretically you can use this influence to drive better climate policy, better civil rights, better social justice
- nceqs3 6y ago
  Robert Mercer is not a billionaire btw. Ironically Jim Simons (his ex partner) has donated a lot of money to the democratic party/causes. Does that balance it out?
barry-cotter 6y ago
Spend it on your politics like Soros or Koch. Accelerate technical progress like Musk. Pure vanity like that guy who spent $600m getting the Chicago GSB named after him. I’m sure if you tried you could come up with some ways you’d like the world to be different that you could spend a lot of money on. Personally I’d love to see well recognized, respected tests that test the same knowledge as a variety of university degrees. Setting up an organization to do that and giving prizes for the top results to build brand awareness for the first decade could easily burn a million dollars a year for a decade for one subject. Advertising is expensive, organizations are expensive, people are expensive, especially qualified, competent ones.

artvark11 6y ago

It's more like she donated 5-7.5% of Jeff's money.

NeutronStar 6y ago
They wed together before he started Amazon. She's not some vulture that came along after and made off with half his money.
cupofcoffee 6y ago
Don't know why being downvoted, it's factually true.
- nbm 6y ago
  But it’s not actually factually true - it’s her money according to the laws and contracts in place. If it were his money, he’d have it. He doesn’t, so it isn’t “factually” his money. It’s only “his money” in a non-factual basis where we are implying something akin to “he earned it and she didn’t”.
nefitty 6y ago
It’s hard to believe he has achieved what he has without the support of his partner. That’s kinda the point of splitting assets upon divorce, because the law recognizes that partnership as (ideally) having been a shared effort to the benefit of both individuals.