Bill Gates, Hero

Re:Bill Gates, Hero by jakarta on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @01:19PM (#1695006)

Exactly, which he says is stupid. That's why Buffett and Gates have been pushing so hard to get other billionaires to pledge to donate as much as them. Larry Ellison is one of the more recent tech execs to take the pledge.

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Re:Bill Gates, Hero by calloc on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @03:48PM (#1695601)

Last I read Larry makes 1.6 BILLION US DOLLARS a year. I don't think you can ever spend that much money.

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Re:Bill Gates, Hero by blakeweb on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @06:05PM (#1696034)

For what it's worth, Larry Ellison also personally started and funds the Ellison Medical Foundation, which distributes on the order of 100 million dollars (cite: wikipedia: Larry Ellison) per year to leading academic biologists for research into the diseases of the elderly and how to stop them. Grant recipients are selected by a panel of scientists.

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Re:Bill Gates, Hero by raganwald on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @04:29PM (#1695732)

Larry seems to take this as a challenge.

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Re:Bill Gates, Hero by gaius on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @04:27PM (#1695727)

Larry's taste includes fighter jets...

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Re:Bill Gates, Hero by mgkimsal on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @04:33PM (#1695749)

pretty easy to spend that buying a few private jets and yachts. 1.6 billion ain't what it used to be.

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