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[novamc1]

From The Chronicle of Philanthropy-- annual ranking of the 50 Americans who gave the  most to charity last year.

Jeff Bezos---Amazon Founder, $10.2  billion

 MacKensie Scott--Author and wife of Jeff Bezos, $5.2 billion

Michael Bloomberg--founder of Bloomberg financial news company, $1.6 billion

Philip & Penelope Knight--NIKE co-founder and wife, $1.4 billion

Jack Dorsey--co-founder of Twitter and Square $1.1 billion

also on the list:

Arthur Blank--Home Depot co-founder, Atlanta Falcons & Atlanta United owner, $65.7 million

Joseph Gebbia, Jr.--Airbnb co-founder and Atlanta native, $27 million.

[ThinkingOutLoud]

Percentage of income donated is more telling/revealing than dollar amount. I also care more about what organizations were the receivers as some can be questionable.

[Love my grandkids]

@novamc1 Bezos and Scott divorced in 2019. She was his ex wife in 2020.

I agree that percentage given is more important than the dollar amount.

[novamc1]

My parents always taught me to  "never look a gift horse in the mouth."

If someone hands you money, do you need to ask how much money they are keeping for themselves and NOT giving to you???

Good grief, so much for gratitude.....

[ThinkingOutLoud]

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@novamc1 wrote:

My parents always taught me "never look a gift horse in the mouth."

If someone hands you money, do you need to ask how much money they are keeping for themselves and NOT giving to you???

Good grief.

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Not the point.

[Porcelain]

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@novamc1 wrote:

My parents always taught me to  "never look a gift horse in the mouth."

If someone hands you money, do you need to ask how much money they are keeping for themselves and NOT giving to you???

Good grief, so much for gratitude.....

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None of these people are giving money to me.

I think it's great that they are giving back to the society that enabled them to amass their billions. Pure common sense. They want a nice secure place to live and enjoy their wealth. If the US went to pot with too much disease and people living in poverty and lack of innovation, where would the billionaires move to?Best to keep the US amazing and livable. If these folks didn't give back, they would be the ungrateful ones.

[Anonymous032819]

People *itch if the super wealthy don't donate, and they *itch when they do.

I think people resent that they have so much money.

[novamc1]

I'm beginning to regret posting this info, which appeared in today's Atlanta metro newspaper.

Didn't know it was going to ignite such judgmental and negative commentary.  

What people do with their money,  how much money they have, and for what other purposes they might want or need to use that money, is not my business and may  not even be known to anyone else except their tax accountants.

[CelticCrafter]

I don't know why they have to make it known to the world how much they have given.  

In my opinion it's boastful, look at me, look at what I did.

[MoonieBaby]

I 100% agree with every word $tated by @ThinkingOutLoud .

Ditto Kiddo!