In case of Andrew Carnegie, it was probably desire at end of his life to been rembered as not only a ruthless businessmen and monopolist. "Carnegie spent his

In case of Andrew Carnegie, it was probably desire at end of his life to been rembered as not only a ruthless businessmen and monopolist. "Carnegie spent his last years as a philanthropist. From 1901 forward, public attention was turned from the shrewd business acumen which had enabled Carnegie to accumulate such a fortune, to the public-spirited way in which he devoted himself to using it on philanthropic projects." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie Bill Gates is in similar phase of life.