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In a Pennsylvania Wal-Mart, on the day all the layaway orders were set to be cancelled, a man walked into the customer service center and said he wanted to pay off customer layaway accounts. He gave $50,000 to help pay accounts. He asked to remain anonymous giving his name as Santa B. Giving is never…

Bill Gates is considered the richest man in the world, with an estimated wealth of 76$ billion. In 2000, he founded a foundation ranked as one of the most generous in the world, and he has since stepped down from his position as chairman of Microsoft to focus on philanthropy. When Gates was asked about…

In his 2014 annual letter, Bill Gates makes an amazing claim: there will be almost no poor nations by 2035. The renowned co-founder of Microsoft, the largest personal computer software company in the world, is one of the world’s wealthiest philanthropists. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “guided…

An online course featuring several noted philanthropists including Warren Buffet, will help students learn about giving away money and could help make decisions regarding how Buffet’s money will be distributed. More than 4,000 people have signed up for the course, and sponsors say if more people sign…

Some of the world’s wealthiest people have launched a campaign to encourage the ultra-rich to give away the majority of their fortunes. Originally Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett started their project as a series of private dinner meetings, but now they have opened a public campaign calling…

For years, Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft has been the world’s richest man. He has ceded his ranking. He has given away more than $28 billion through his charitable foundation. --The Week, March 18, 2011 p. 8 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Perhaps Gates has learned the truth…

Americans crave the right to choose. We revere our autonomy. We don’t want to participate in a predetermined plot; we want to create our own future. We are the masters of our own destiny—the captain of our ship. No one else is allowed at the helm. The entertainment industry bears out the American preference…