In addition to being one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates is also characterized by being one of the greatest philanthropists. In his new autobiographical book, Microsoft’s co -founder says that from a young age his family instilled in him the value of helping those who have less. According to an interview with the BBC, his mother frequently said “Wealth entails the responsibility of giving it away.”
While some estimating calculations were made on the amount of money donated throughout their life, the amount was not precisely known. At least it was ignored so far. It was the tycoon himself in a note with the English environment who confirmed the figure .. and the number is truly surprising.
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“I have donated more than US $ 100,000 million “he said, “but I still have more to give.” To have an idea, The IMF loan to the Macri government was US $ 45,000 million. That is, Gates donated more than double.
The businessman stressed that he enjoy donating his money, today around US $ 60,000 million of his fortune went to its foundation. He also indicated that, despite the large amount of money he donates, he never had to make any personal sacrifice. “I have not asked for less hamburgers or I have gone less to the cinema,” he said. Nor did he deprive him of buying a private plane and several huge houses.
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Regarding the inheritance that will leave his children, Gates said he spoke “a lot” with his three children about what the right amount could be to leave them. Will they be poor when they leave? They asked him. “They won’t be,” he acknowledged. Even so, he said that “in absolute terms, they will do well, but in percentage terms it is not a gigantic figure.”
Mathematical terminology is natural, but, to translate itif you have a equity of US $ 160,000 millionas the Bloomberg billionaire index states, to leave their children in percentage terms a figure of their fortune that is not “gigantic” the same makes them very rich.
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