Gates has given much of his wealth from Microsoft, the U.S. software giant that made him the world's richest man, to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic powerhouse.
"I think all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortunes -- though I don't say they shouldn't leave anything to their kids," Gates told a gathering at Oslo's opera house.
"I think they would enjoy it, their kids would be better off, and the world would be better off," Gates said.
"I'm a great believer that great wealth should go from the richest to the poorest," he said... [read article]
Thursday, June 04, 2009
A quick note for the Billionaires out there...
"Give it away, you'll enjoy it," Gates tells rich
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