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pauljurczak · 2023-05-12 01:30:40

They should have done it when he still had a few billions...

m3kw9 | karma 3357 | avg karma 0.75 · | 2023-04-11 19:37:32

Not when he had 200 billion to begin with

imperfect_light | karma 123 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2023-02-17 21:56:33

At $20 billion net worth he (his estate) could have done all of it.

lazyjones | karma 5054 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2014-03-25 20:55:03

Serious question - why would he need any more money? And how certain would that have been?

I can't imagine anyone who hasn't been deep into "FU money" for a while actually choosing "perhaps far more than 2 billion later" over "2 billion now".

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purple_ferret | karma 1588 | avg karma 4.44 · | 2022-08-29 11:34:49

Yeah but that was before he had the type of money to buy the moral high ground

Flavius | karma 237 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2018-11-19 02:18:59

I get what you're saying, but surely keeping the money for himself or invest them in luxury real estate wouldn't have done any better.

rob | karma 1792 | avg karma 4.68 · | 2008-08-05 13:32:39

Considering he had millions, what do you think?

raldi | karma 23818 | avg karma 6.05 · | 2018-02-24 04:19:21+00:00

He would be wealthier today if he had immediately put everything in an S&P 500 index fund and spent the last 20 years ignoring it.

RGamma | karma 1213 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2023-01-21 18:14:34

His inherited millions and network might have helped.

AnIdiotOnTheNet | karma 21390 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2020-08-25 14:26:07

Of course he did, he had money.

s73v3r_ | karma 1597 | avg karma 0.61 · | 2018-06-19 15:55:38+00:00

Sure. But if he didn't have access to that money, would he still have been able to do that?

felurx | karma 249 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2023-10-20 19:24:23

Yeah, you're right, he was massively lucky too. But even with that, does he deserve this much wealth for this? Would he deserve this much money if executing that idea was incredibly hard?

jazoom | karma 1660 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2018-03-28 22:01:26+00:00

Didn't he plan to give away almost all his money over time?

yesenadam | karma 7117 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2022-07-05 09:37:05

Well, he could have given Hamilton the million dollars—or half, and donated his half to a worthy cause.

scollet | karma 462 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2022-06-19 05:53:10

Should forcibly take his wealth and distribute it.

grecy | karma 23094 | avg karma 3.39 · | 2022-07-09 17:32:19

If that was his plan, what's he doing with the billions he now has in cash?

rabidsnail | karma 1642 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2012-05-18 13:39:43

He was a billionaire already.

Ardit20 | karma 864 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2010-07-16 15:56:51+00:00

Why was he able to make billions anyway?

That money would have been spent better on charging less for his products than giving it to charity where much will probably be lost in immense bureaucracy.

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smsm42 | karma 17167 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2012-08-03 17:52:38+00:00

Poor guy, he now has only a little over 10 billions. I am overwhelmed with sadness thinking about it.

harichinnan | karma 269 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2013-12-08 12:58:39

correction: Not if he wanted to do it honestly. He would've become a millionaire only if he had taken bribes.