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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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