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Not to nitpick, but he has said numerous times that his inspiration for his charitable work is Warren Buffett.
by pionar 13y ago
Not to nitpick, but he has said numerous times that his inspiration for his charitable work is Warren Buffett.
- adventured 13y agoAnd Buffett's was Carnegie, Rockefeller and other titans of the industrial revolution that gave away a huge portion of their wealth, setting the standard.
- pjmorris 13y agoI can't place the reference now, but I've read that Gates studied the lives of the big industrial titans - Carnegie, Rockefeller, Alfred Sloan at GM. He clearly found advice on building empires... but he also, I believe consciously, emulated the charitable aspects of their lives. I think he's a Buffett fan because they share an admiration of the earlier generation of American titans.
- sliverstorm 13y agoWhy can't it be both?