NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square295linkfedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down189
arrow-up1474arrow-down1external-linkBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square295linkfedilink
minus-squareddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoHe’s been doing it for 25 years and STILL managed to reach 133 billion? No, I call bullshit. You don’t just accidentally end up with that kind of money while “giving it all away”, get real.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoWhen you own shares of Microsoft from 1986 to 2025 yes you do.
minus-squareddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo sell and donate. What’s the problem? That it is a lot? He had a lot of time to do that.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoThe problem is that it’s less than donate and sell over a span of 20 years.
He’s been doing it for 25 years and STILL managed to reach 133 billion? No, I call bullshit. You don’t just accidentally end up with that kind of money while “giving it all away”, get real.
When you own shares of Microsoft from 1986 to 2025 yes you do.
So sell and donate. What’s the problem? That it is a lot? He had a lot of time to do that.
The problem is that it’s less than donate and sell over a span of 20 years.