What do these 6 billionaires have in common?
(aside from the fact that I want all of their riches!)
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Ted Turner, George Lucas, Larry Ellison and Mayor Bloomberg are among forty billionaires who are signing 'The Giving Pledge', a charity drive started by Gates and Buffett.
BY Barry Paddock
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Billionaires are lining up to give their money away.
Six weeks after Warren Buffett and Bill Gates kicked off a campaign to convince fat cats to join them in giving away most of their fortune, they've found 40 takers.
"I've been surprised how much progress we've actually made," Buffett said. "We're hoping that America, which is already the most generous society on Earth, becomes even more generous."
Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates personally called 80 people on the Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
They pushed them to sign the Giving Pledge, a vow to donate at least half your fortune by the time you die.
The 40 takers include well-known names like media mogul Ted Turner, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and media baron Barry Diller. Among the first to sign on was Mayor Bloomberg.
In today's society where so many of our own peers struggle to make ends meet; it is amazing to see a selfless act like this come together. Most people will never even fathom owning the kind of money that these people have - but someone will be able to benefit from it in the future. Bravo! Does anyone else hear B.O.B and Bruno Mars in the background?
SEE MORE INFO ON THE GIVING PLEDGE HERE
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