Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person

Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by kevindqc on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:01AM (#14865922)

Just for his foundation, as of 2013 he had donated 28 billions.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundat...

>As of May 16, 2013, Bill Gates had donated US$28 billion to the foundation.[1][9]

Citations: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/foundation-timeli... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-16/bill-gates-retakes...

Apparently he is worth 90 billions. Let's assume he has donated 2 more billions in the last 4 years to make it 30 billion. That means he donated 25% of his worth to his foundation. I'm sure he has donated money to other things.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by gpawl on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:20PM (#14869070)

His non-foundation donations don't add up to close to foundation donations. That would defeat the purpose of creating a foundation.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by kevindqc on Thursday July 27, 2017 @05:07PM (#14869543)

Couldn't he donate a lot to causes he believes in, but that his foundation doesn't deal with?

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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by majewsky on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:07PM (#14870081)

Isn't it the point of a private foundation to make them deal with what you believe in?

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