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Bill Gates was a ruthless business man, but through the influence of his wife/father/Warren Buffet or some combination, he's soften a bit and seems to have dec
by acomjean 6y ago
Bill Gates was a ruthless business man, but through the influence of his wife/father/Warren Buffet or some combination,
he's soften a bit and seems to have decided to give a lot away and convince others to do so as well.
https://givingpledge.org/About.aspx https://givingpledge.org/About.aspx
There's lots of weirdness in society about having the wealthiest having influence starting to approach government program status, but here we are. (perhaps they're trying to blunt the income inequality complaints, but maybe they really have come around to caring...)
- mssundaram 6y agoI can get behind the idea of his wife helping him to soften, but not his father, who was just as ruthless in his own profession
- mlyle 6y agoIt's actually the other way around: Buffett followed Gates' lead on large-scale philanthropy, designating the Gates Foundation as the benefit of his largesse. Yes, each man had long-standing intentions for philanthropy, but it really reached fruition together.