billionaires who are willing to be "poor" for the sake of donating

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Bill Gates might have donated Rp. 387 trillion and still be the richest in the world. Warren buffet, one of the richest people in the world promised to contribute 80% of his wealth gradually. besides those who are famous for their philanthropic actions, there is also Chuck Feeney, a billionaire who doesn't enter the ranks of the richest people because of his generosity. Forbes had likened the man born in 1931 like James Bond. But of course in the matter of donations, it's not espionage. Why is he called James Bond? Because in donating, he often quietly aka not caught by the media. Feeney founded a charity called The Atlantic Philanthropies in 1984. He once transferred 38.75 percent of his total assets worth US $ 500 million to the foundation, the inj foundation until now is considered one of the world's largest charities. Reportedly, not everyone knows what he did at that time. The charity foundation in 2012 has distributed aid of US $ 6.2 billion, equivalent to Rp 89 trillion for education, science and health. In 2016, he also donated US $ 7 billion to Cornell University.