carp
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Originally Posted By: jerryfox3
I know you guys are not to fond of Microsoft.Truthfully Bill Gates does contribute a huge amount of his wealth from his foundation to the poorer countries around the world.I know this is a tax write off but he and his wife Melinda are quite the charitable people among the billionaires today. Jobs as you mentioned is never listed hardly.
Well my comments on that. I mean your talking about (personal donations)
1 - Bill is the most wealth rich bustard on the planet 2- MS still pays him big cash - keep in mind he is retired BUT still owns the company. 3 - Bill feels really guilty for ripping off the public, so now its pay back.
4 - Steve only gets (1 - dollar) annual pay from Apple 5 - Steve gets his pay check from Pixar 6 - Steve wealth is tied up in Apple stocks options. People measure his wealth by this
Bottom line; Bills retirement checks (spendable cash) far far out strips Steves spendable cash, from Pixar. Simply Steve don't have that kind of cash
Bottom line; Bills retirement checks (spendable cash) far far out strips Steves spendable cash, from Pixar. Simply Steve don't have that kind of cash
Oh I don't know, Steve. I'm thinking that if Steve wants to buy ANYTHING he has enough cash on hand to complete the transaction. I also think if he wanted to be more philanthropic he could scrape up some pennies to spend here and there on charities.
He just does not lean in that direction. Maybe he will later in life, or maybe he will bequeath a lot after he kicks off!
My opinion? He "seems" cheap compared to Bill. But I don't know for sure. Bill has a few pennies more than Steve too.
carp
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Yes or No ? ?
Bill does have a ton of spendable cash more than Steve and thats a fact.
Then theres that (Ego) I mean CEO -vs- CEO. Steve scrapes together a million bucks to donate , Bill reaches into his change bowl and donates a billion <-- you don't wanna get into who gives the most competition. Steve will lose that hands down so why bother.
He just does not lean in that direction. Maybe he will later in life
Give it some thought a little bit - From the time of Apple conception - to when Steve got can - to NEXT ->> Steve was nearly bankrupt <-- Then Apple hired him back and even then it was a struggle until the first iPods came out and the later successes.
Keep in mind that was like only 6 years ago when Apple sales went up. Keep in mind that Steve only gets one dollar a year from Apple.
I will agree with you that Steve does not seem to be more of a philanthropic compared to Bill - also note that Steve and Apple really really does not get into politics either, donations or even making statements for one side or another.
Remember that Steves persona , is built on Secrecy - with that maybe he does donate a ton of cash ? just no one will ever know.
Remember that Bill only started his philanthropic activities - After he retired . And that was only for tax reasons. Well he has so much money coming in he had to do something with it
I am referring to the foundation Gates has with his wife Melinda and the enormous contributions they make to 3rd world countries and also our country the USA.Pertaining to education for the poor in various states.
carp
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Keep in mind that this Foundation was started after Gates retirement.
Keep in mind that the foundation is NOT all Gates money, most of it, is and now donated to the foundation from outside.
Most import to keep in mind is that the Foundation was created by Gates wife and she runs it, with Bill on the side.
So really your question should be who donates more (personally) Steve or Bill? I mean money from their own back pocket. <-- I would think Bill since he has more spendable cash.
Best links I could find. Would seem that MS is more of a broad range of charities where Apple is more focused on education. The MS link gives numbers where the Apple link does not.
The MS numbers in the link - includes (volunteer time) so that screws the cash amount which included labor. So take that number with a grain of salt.