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To: Mephisto who wrote (18825)8/23/1999 8:08:00 PM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
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They added an extra 6 million or billion.

It was billion, and it puts the newly-combined Gates foundation into the #1 spot in the US. Its $13B endowment is around $5B short of the #1 charitable foundation in the world, which has $19B and is in the U.K., but they expect to pass that one up the next time Bill comes away from the ReadyTeller with a few extra bucks.

I haven't read the Dvorak piece yet, and you can't fault somebody for setting up the largest charitable foundation in the world. But I bet I know what Dvorak says: this is all pocket change for Bill G.

Regards,
--QwikSand
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