[kaiken1987]

What he did was great. But for Forbes to say a man with 2% of 8 billion dollars is broke is a stretch.

[mrastro]

2 million is only 0.025% of 8 billion. It's a bit of editorializing to call it "broke" but donating such a huge percentage of his net worth is commendable and he will be living a relatively much more modest lifestyle.

[rabidrat]

The article says he put away $2m for his and his wife's retirement. While I agree it's not quite 'broke' in the classic American sense, it is .025% of his former net worth of $8b.

[r00fus]

Yeah, the word "broke" is clickbait. $2m for retirement is more than most. It's simply "not extravagant" which I guess from the eyes of the wealthy class may as well be "broke".

[caturopath]

Certainly not broke, but it seems difficult to find a way without hyperbole to indicate that he's given away billions and now is no longer in the top 10% of people in his age bracket in the US.

[bluedevil2k]

1) It doesn't say how old his wife is, who knows how long her retirement will be. She looks 65+ in the picture, but who knows.

2) A man feels a certain responsibility to take care of his wife even when he's gone.

3) $2M only spins off $80k in income, hardly a rich lifestyle and far less than most Americans on this site could live with.

* And check your math, 2% of 8B is $160M not the $2M stated in the article.

[jeffbee]

There's probably lots of people reading this comment who are worth two million dollars, but I bet there are none who are worth eight billion dollars. Knocking yourself down from the 99.9999th percentile to the 90th is a real change.

[pwinnski]

Any person worth $8B who later found themself with $2mm would consider themself "broke."

Plus, your math is way off. 0.025%.

[briandear]

Relatively speaking.