As a boy in an impoverished South African village during the apartheid era, Patrice Motsepe watched his mother giving free food to the poorest customers of their small grocery store. It was a lesson he never forgot, even when he made history by becoming South Africa’s first black billionaire. Ranked the eighth-richest man on the [...]
Mark Zuckerberg Donates a Whopping $500 Million for Education and Health Improvements
December 19, 2012 | Posted by
Two years ago, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg signed The Giving Pledge, a public commitment to give away 50% of his wealth or more during his lifetime or upon his death. The young tech titan just took the next step toward meeting that pledge. On his Facebook page Tuesday, the $12.5 billion CEO announced that he and his [...]
Author Malcolm Gladwell: Bill Gates Will Be Venerated, Steve Jobs Forgotten
June 10, 2012 | Posted by
Prolific author Malcolm Gladwell, who has written some of the most provocative and perceptive books of our time, said in a recent interview that Bill Gates will be revered 50 years from now because of the enormous good he is doing around the world with his billions, but Apple founder Steve Jobs will not be [...]
