The rich agree to give away nearly $ 50 billion
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The Giving Pledge initiative, founded by Bill Gates, has already joined 231 contributors from 28 countries.
The richest people on the planet, including 11 billionaires, have joined the Giving Pledge initiative – 14 people have pledged to donate most of their capital, which is estimated at a total of almost $ 50 billion. About it informs press service of the project on Wednesday, December 15.
Those agreeing include Canva founder Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silberman, DoorDash head of food delivery service Tony Xu, and billionaire Jared Isaacman. In total, 231 participants from 28 countries of the world have joined the initiative.
“I have always believed that if you are able to help someone, you should do it,” – said the initiator of the movement Bill Gates.
The idea of the initiative is that the richest people on Earth should donate at least half of their fortune – during their lifetime or as a testament. Earlier it became known that the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Mackenzie is going to send at least half of his $ 37 billion fortune to charity as part of the Giving Pledge.
Recall that earlier accused of non-payment of $ 2 billion in taxes declared dementia. The billionaire received a diagnosis from four different doctors associated with an organization to which he previously donated more than $ 25 million.
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