--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: <snip> > > > Interesting thing to say about Gates. His stated goal in life > > > for several decades was to become the richest man in the world... > > > > He has said publicly that before he dies, he wants to > > give away 96 percent of his fortune. > > > > It's not impossible that's *why* he wanted to become the > > richest man in the world: so he could give most of it > > away. > > > > Yeah, but his behavior in the business world was NOT that of someone who had an ounce > of altruism. He made very few charity-oriented remarks until afer he got married. And his > most famous comment about charities before he got married was that he was going to > wait until he was 65 and retired before he started worrying about that kind of thing.
Makes sense, if you think about it. By that time, any money he had invested instead of giving it to charity would have doubled or tripled. Now he's retiring, apparently, and it seems that what he's going to be doing for the rest of his life is figuring out where best to give his money away. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
