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Are there any billionaires who actively use their wealth for good? I only know about 2 and even those idk if I should count. One was some guy that gave all his billions to charity and kept for himself only one million. Other is bezos's ex wife, as far as I know she periodically sends very large sums of money to charity.
Idk I feel like writing a check for charity is not good enough, they could be so much more active and done lot more if they idk... build hospital, shool.... cheap housing etc.
The 2006 secret santa guy who handed-out large sums of cash to people who were shopping in thrift secondhand stores. Billionaire or millionaire? Wiki says, "Stewart made his fortune through cable television and long-distance calling". Plus I recall a vague memory from the news where he said, "I've been in Forbes Top 100 everything far longer that I can remember". So that's something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Stewart_%28philanthropist%29