"It's really easy to be charitable when you can't even count the money you have. In addition to that, it's also easy to invest your time in charity when you lef

"It's really easy to be charitable when you can't even count the money you have. In addition to that, it's also easy to invest your time in charity when you left a company you worked for, with exceptional intensity, for a life, and suddenly you have nothing to do anymore... Most of the people, with unlimited money and time, and having exhausted their stack of accomplishments, would do the same." Whether or not it is easy, not only don't most billionaires invest anywhere near as much money or time as Gates into charity, almost none of them do. Check out the Forbes list of 20 billionaires if you don't believe me [1]. A typical example: "At a then estimated $16.3 billion net worth, she contributed a total of $3.5 million cumulatively between 2002 and 2006." [2] [1] http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/ http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/ [2] http://www.facesofphilanthropy.com/christy-walton/ http://www.facesofphilanthropy.com/christy-walton/