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Post by m52nickerson on Jun 16, 2010 14:26:28 GMT -5
In a small Hollywood dinner Warren Buffet and Bill Gates plotted over milk shakes. What scheme where they haching? A take over of the world Pinky and the Brain style, No. They where discussing how to get more money for charities. What did two of the riches people in the world come up with? Asking other super rich people to give half of their net worth to charity. The $600 billion was launched! features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/16/gates-buffett-600-billion-dollar-philanthropy-challenge/?hpt=C2Bill - "What do you want to do tonight Warren?" Warren - "The same thing we do every night Bill, try to take over the wor........I mean get more money for charities!" |
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Post by SimSim on Jun 16, 2010 14:32:17 GMT -5
Hopefully the money raised will go to good charities.
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Post by aboveathletics on Jun 16, 2010 14:41:08 GMT -5
That's cool but have THEY given half of THEIR money to charity?
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Post by Ian1732 on Jun 16, 2010 14:42:53 GMT -5
But... But that's socialism!
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Post by SimSim on Jun 16, 2010 14:49:11 GMT -5
I dunno about half, but they've both put a lot of time and money in to this |
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Post by Chi Shiro on Jun 16, 2010 14:49:33 GMT -5
Aren't they both atheist, too? Who says Christians have the strangle hold on charity.
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Post by malicious_bloke on Jun 16, 2010 14:59:20 GMT -5
Warren Buffet has definitely handed over a massive portion of his net wealth to various charities IIRC
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Post by m52nickerson on Jun 16, 2010 15:12:18 GMT -5
I dunno about half, but they've both put a lot of time and money in to thisThe foundation gave the World Health Organization $3 Billion to distribute Malaria vaccinations to children. |
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Jun 16, 2010 15:24:31 GMT -5
Warren Buffet has made the largest charitable contribution ever, I do believe. He threw down a fuckton of money and challenged Gates to do the same. And this is why Bill Gates is now one of the greatest philanthropists in history.
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Post by Old Viking on Jun 16, 2010 15:24:48 GMT -5
Gates has given immense sums to charities.
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Post by m52nickerson on Jun 16, 2010 15:37:53 GMT -5
Warren Buffet has made the largest charitable contribution ever, I do believe. He threw down a fuckton of money and challenged Gates to do the same. And this is why Bill Gates is now one of the greatest philanthropists in history. ....by the way a fuckton is equal to 10 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares which where worth $30.7 billion in 2006. |
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Jun 16, 2010 18:35:06 GMT -5
Fun fact about Warren Buffet: When Buffet took of Berkshire Hathaway it was more or less just a textile manufacturer. It now owns several dozen companies, most of them very valuable. GEICO being one of them.
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Post by katz on Jun 17, 2010 15:08:42 GMT -5
Bill Gates, according to Wikipedia, has given over $28 billion dollars to various charities. As of this moment, he's worth $53 billion dollars. So he's followed through.
This sounds like a good plan. I mean, what in the fuck else do you do with $53 billion dollars? A person could not reasonably spend that much money on their own enjoyment in a lifetime.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 17, 2010 19:29:08 GMT -5
Yay for billionaires with a social conscience  |
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Post by brendanjd on Jun 17, 2010 19:32:21 GMT -5
Gates gave $500, 000, 000 to either an AIDS foundation or a 'help the public libraries' foundation. Can't remember which.
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