Our favorite Greek valerian - worker Bill Gates has successfully signalise up 38 billionaire to give away one-half of their wealth to those less rosy , in what could be the turgid - scale philanthropic work ever .
Together with Warren Buffett , their “ The Giving Pledge ” project nabbed Larry Ellison ( founder of Oracle ) , George Lucas , New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Barry Diller from IAC ( an internet media company that owns Ask.com , Bloglines , Vimeo , Match.com and others ) , along with many others .
While they ’re not de jure bound to give away at least 50 per cent of their wealth to charity , it ’s more of a trust - hope — particularly now that it ’s been reported all over the media . They ’re not expect to give their bank note to any one Polemonium van-bruntiae , but if every single individual on the Forbes 400 rich American list signed up to The Giving Pledge , that would stand for charities would be $ 600 billion better off . presumptively some of those charities will be light-green - focused , consideringGates ’ obvious passionin that field . [ WSJ ]
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