The Gates Foundation's Hypocritical Investments

[zorgon]

Thanks for the list, but those are just common millionaires, the trillionaires Amaterasu has been talking about are not there.

Billionaires not Millionaires and even Pierre didn't make the list

There ARE no Trillionaires... not as individuals anyway. Maybe a s groups of control, but not as single people


Waiting for my check... was told its in the mail Dec 30th

Proof how a little knowledge and a little luck can change your life in an instance

[Amaterasu]

No they don't  And yes I have the numbers  not hard to find actually Forbes keeps a list

http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/

That doesn't list the trillionaires.  NOTHING will get Me to believe that Forbes has the RICHEST People listed.  Just Those that are billionaires.  The trillionaires probably insist no such list be compiled.

[sky otter]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/01/top-10-gifts-of-2013-philanthropy_n_4527083.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Philanthropy made a comeback in large donations in 2013 with the nation's wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity, according to a new tally of the top 10 gifts of 2013 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

The analysis of the year's top gifts also found there were more gifts of $100 million or more than in 2012. In 2013, there were 15 publicly announced gifts of at least $100 million, compared with 11 in 2012.

The largest donation of 2013 came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who announced in December that they had given 18 million shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The gift was valued at more than $990 million. This was the first time donors under the age of 30 have made the nation's largest philanthropic gift, according to the report.

Colleges and universities also were among the primary beneficiaries of some of the nation's biggest donations, the report found.

Nike Inc. co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, made the second largest gift commitment of 2013, pledging $500 million to the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation for cancer research. The university has to match the donation in the next two years to receive the full gift.

The third highest gift of 2013 was a $350 million pledge from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to promote cross-disciplinary studies and undergraduate financial aid.

Other top gifts by American philanthropists were pledged to Yale, Stanford, the University of Michigan, Yeshiva University in New York City, Georgetown University, Columbia Business School, the University of California at San Diego and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

After years of sluggish philanthropy, the upward trend provides a positive outlook for the nation's nonprofits, said Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor Stacy Palmer.

"The fact that we had so many gifts that were $100 million or more is an indication that people are really giving big again," and that may continue into 2014, Palmer said. "People seem more optimistic about the economy, and certainly the strong stock market has propelled a lot of gifts. It looks like it's going to be a better year."

In 2012, the top gifts totaled $5 billion, but that tally included three $1 billion gifts from Warren Buffett to his children's foundations. When those gifts are excluded, the other top gifts of 2012 totaled just $2 billion compared with $3.4 billion in 2013. However, the wealthiest philanthropists did not give as much in 2013 as before the Great Recession, according to the analysis. In 2007, before the recession, the biggest gifts totaled $4.1 billion.

The chronicle also examined all gifts of $1 million or more. Those gifts totaled $9.6 billion in 2013, compared with $6.1 billion in 2012.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/2013topgifts

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[ArMaP]

Billionaires not Millionaires and even Pierre didn't make the list

You're right, I am so far from being even a thousandaire that I have some problems thinking about billionaires.
That and the fact that in Portugal a billion is a million millions, not a thousand millions.

[ArMaP]

That doesn't list the trillionaires.  NOTHING will get Me to believe that Forbes has the RICHEST People listed.

That's you biggest problem, you act as if your beliefs are facts. 

[zorgon]

NOTHING will get Me to believe t....

[VillageIdiot]

you gotta watch that video i posted above, all the way thru.

my question is, if he took his personal experiences into his decision making process as an adult, which lead to his competitiveness, charitable giving and things like the microsoft summer camp he designed for his employees, you would think that his experiences over his mother's death would've helped shape his realization that eugenics is awful horrible stuff, that kills other fledgling geniuses, other creative people, and their moms and so forth.   

in the process of being the best at something, there is no challenge if you are the only game in town. he must be made to realize, that what he's asking for in eugenics is
the equivalent of being the only person sitting at the game board. although playing a game of solitaire may be temporarily entertaining, nothing beats having real human interaction.

beat your potential competitors by your knowledge and acumen,  don't kill them off entirely

eugenics is evil badness. and his mom is evidence, that such things as spreading diseases and illnesses amongst a population is like killing his mother, over and over again,  and since he didn't do that, he shouldn't be involved in eugenics.  he should pull up roots immediately in the entire eugenics movement, and stop investing in their insanity and if asked why, he should look them in the eye and say "for my mom."

these eugenicists need to come to grips with the reality, that you absolutely do not want to do to others, what you wouldn't want done to yourself.  they dropped the ball on that, and bill should prove his true quality as a human being by telling the eugenicists to kiss his lily white rear quarters

How do you figure he's into eugenics?

[Amaterasu]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/01/top-10-gifts-of-2013-philanthropy_n_4527083.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Philanthropy made a comeback in large donations in 2013 with the nation's wealthiest donors giving more than $3.4 billion to charity, according to a new tally of the top 10 gifts of 2013 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

The analysis of the year's top gifts also found there were more gifts of $100 million or more than in 2012. In 2013, there were 15 publicly announced gifts of at least $100 million, compared with 11 in 2012.

The largest donation of 2013 came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who announced in December that they had given 18 million shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The gift was valued at more than $990 million. This was the first time donors under the age of 30 have made the nation's largest philanthropic gift, according to the report.

Colleges and universities also were among the primary beneficiaries of some of the nation's biggest donations, the report found.

Nike Inc. co-founder and chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, made the second largest gift commitment of 2013, pledging $500 million to the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation for cancer research. The university has to match the donation in the next two years to receive the full gift.

The third highest gift of 2013 was a $350 million pledge from Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to promote cross-disciplinary studies and undergraduate financial aid.

Other top gifts by American philanthropists were pledged to Yale, Stanford, the University of Michigan, Yeshiva University in New York City, Georgetown University, Columbia Business School, the University of California at San Diego and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

After years of sluggish philanthropy, the upward trend provides a positive outlook for the nation's nonprofits, said Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor Stacy Palmer.

"The fact that we had so many gifts that were $100 million or more is an indication that people are really giving big again," and that may continue into 2014, Palmer said. "People seem more optimistic about the economy, and certainly the strong stock market has propelled a lot of gifts. It looks like it's going to be a better year."

In 2012, the top gifts totaled $5 billion, but that tally included three $1 billion gifts from Warren Buffett to his children's foundations. When those gifts are excluded, the other top gifts of 2012 totaled just $2 billion compared with $3.4 billion in 2013. However, the wealthiest philanthropists did not give as much in 2013 as before the Great Recession, according to the analysis. In 2007, before the recession, the biggest gifts totaled $4.1 billion.

The chronicle also examined all gifts of $1 million or more. Those gifts totaled $9.6 billion in 2013, compared with $6.1 billion in 2012.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/2013topgifts

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Follow Brett Zongker at https://twitter.com/DCArtBeat

I contend that most of the "philanthropy" is a form of Self aggrandizement, something to advertise:  "See how GOOD We are!"  Meanwhile They get tax breaks, and the "charities" give out the money to the administrators at the high end, and maybe a few dollars make it to the actual Ones in need.

[starwarp2000]

I contend that most of the "philanthropy" is a form of Self aggrandizement, something to advertise:  "See how GOOD We are!"  Meanwhile They get tax breaks, and the "charities" give out the money to the administrators at the high end, and maybe a few dollars make it to the actual Ones in need.

In Gates case, he doesn't pay any taxes to start with. Microsoft was instituted in the Bahamas Islands and is therefore not an American registered company and therefore has never payed any tax.
Add Google, Farcebook, Amazon and Apple to that list.
Apart from that, you are correct.
Bill Gates has always played the "Look at me" role well 

[ArMaP]

I contend that most of the "philanthropy" is a form of Self aggrandizement, something to advertise:  "See how GOOD We are!"

Yes, the world is full of people that make a lot of noise about how good they are and they want to save the world. Some do something, some only talk about it.