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by Luc 3409 days ago
He set up his foundation 20 years ago. Still too recent?
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Cyph0n 3409 days ago
I can start a foundation tomorrow. Your point?

In any case, he was a billionaire several times over by then. The MS IPO was over 30 years ago.

Edit: Now that I re-read my comment, I come off as an arrogant prick. Sorry about that.

All I really meant to say was that setting up a foundation != charitable work. Any poor guy - like me for example - can setup a foundation, but it will only exist on paper.

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striking 3409 days ago
Maybe you should start your foundation today rather than complaining that others don't do enough on an internet forum. One of those is more productive than the other.
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Cyph0n 3409 days ago
What I meant by starting a "foundation" is setting up a non-profit company on paper. I have nowhere near the financials to fund it though.

But yes, I agree, this is not productive at all. My bad.

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