[quote=CA renter]Thanks for your input, AN. Yes, I’m sure that Melinda was altruistic, pretty much from the beginning, but not so sure about Bill Gates.[/quote]
Does it really matter when he started his philanthropic work? Looking back and with 20/20 vision, I’d say many more people benefited because he wasn’t as philanthropic earlier and concentrated in growing MSFT. If he gave all of his $ away early and not concentrated on growing MSFT, there wouldn’t be Billions to give away today. Same can be said w/ Warren Buffett. I’m pretty sure these guys can grow their $ much better than most if not all charity. So, sure, they weren’t helping people earlier on, but the sure help a lot more people during their life time due to them not giving their wealth away too early.
