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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by jedberg on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:21PM (#25781951)
It's quite a redemption story. 20 years ago Bill Gates was reviled as one of the most evil people in technology. He was a bully and a thief, and crushed potential competitors for fun.

And then his mom told him he needs to start giving it away. And he said, "how can I make money if I'm giving it away". And she told him "you can give away what you already made while you make more to give away".

And then he started the foundation.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by FPGAhacker on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:49PM (#25782265)
I thought it was Warren Buffet that convinced him to go the philanthropy route.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by jedberg on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:51PM (#25782292)
He said it was mom that told him "has to give it away" but Buffet guided him on how to do it.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by number6 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:46PM (#25787115)
Always asked myself how this came about. Is there somewhere I can read about it?
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by mhh__ on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:34AM (#25788060)
His testimony to the anti-trust investigation is on YouTube
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by lupire on Thursday January 14, 2021 @07:52PM (#25785443)
To be clear, he spent about as much as humanly possible on himself first. He just didn't want to reserve the rest for his descendants.
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