If you’re wealthy, you might want to skip this post. I’m kidding.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet announced The Giving Pledge a while back. It’s a charitable trust, that gives people of wealth the opportunity to be relieved of it–and act like ‘real’ people or like the majority of the world.
The trust urges wealthy citizens to give the bulk of their wealth to the trust for others in need. ABC’s Christiane Amanpour recently interviews Warren and Bill and Melinda Gates about their start up role as leaders of the trust. Ted Turner is also following suit.
This is certainly an opportunity to make a difference in the world now when it’s most needed. It also observes the principle that if you give, you get back. The rise of the billionaire philanthropist as a super hero of the world–is a miracle of the heart, I think. These guys and girls are all so admiral who are in this trust. Fearless. Rock on!
Watch these stars herefor pure inspiration. Mr Buffet maintains that the current tax breaks for the rich of America have not worked for US society for a decade now. I have noticed that the people who like Warren Buffet as a celebrity are all good people, pretty much. They have fun but try and be frugal too where they can.
Not that ‘that last paragraph’ is a recommend to give half your wealth away. However, in the video link above, The Giving Pledge believe they can raise $600 billion from partners who join them to do the same thing. That’s amazing, it’s like the entire amount of the recent US draw down from the Fed.
Love it. Positive and proactive leadership.
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Bill Gates (right) hands out with a friend in Beijing for the much anticipated llaunching ceremony of Chinese electric vehicle BYD M6.
Gates’ friend Warren Buffett whose all about making money from waste and thinking green where achievable, said Chinese automaker BYD was the “right choice for me,” two years after his Berkshire Hathaway bought a stake in the firm.
It’s good to see strong cross-cultural biz leadership going down – with an evironmentally friendly product.
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When the recession hit in California, nigh on two years ago; it was obvious that the rise of the “billionaire philanthropist” was emerging in the world. The need is always the call.
Today, Cinematical is reporting that the Star Wars creator who casts Maoris in his films (woot!), George Lucas, is joining hands with The Giving Pledge organization. Conceived by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, the best feel good club to be in in the world, enlists billionaires who promise to give half of their wealth to charity.
Bill already gave 25 billion, because perhaps he wanted to know who half his friends really were. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, T. Boone Pickens, are in the pack.
I also count Angelina Jolie as an honorary billionaire philanthropist, because how she chooses to use her image, name, reputation and spotlight for humanitarian causes, acting as the bait to incite others to do the same at every turn, (sharks always need a thrill) is right up there, transferring wealth into corners of the world where most needed, like no other star can.
Warren Buffet is leader of the pack, promising 99 billion of his wealth. Nice one George! A Star fighting wars of hunger, famine, homelessness and disparity indeed.
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~”I’m gonna stand out here on the mountain top/Till I feel your [Rain]… And now I’ll wait for the light, I’ll wait for the sun/ Till I feel your [Rain]“–Madonna
The 80′s were years of think big, bold, colorful thoughts. You couldn’t help but grow and expand with creativity. Symbols inspiring big thoughts were everywhere. Today Google are celebrating the 80′s by turning google’s logo into the PacMan video game. Fun. Pacman is universally loved as entertainment–as light relief to pass the time, especially in India and China–so that’s a smart move to expand Microsoft’s global audience appeal with this logo. Fun sells.
And as Horiwood.Com is celebrating the life of Aunt Elvira as a Mother of Los Angeles industry and women of business development in The City of Angels revolutionary formative years of American women’s pioneering legends of modern American business, here’s 80′s pop icon, Madonna with her song, Rain.
What a guy! One of our favorite billionaire philanthropists, Bill Gates, with the help of his wife, Melinda Gates has just pledged ten billion dollars to provide vaccines for the world’s poorest people. 8 million people could benefit.
Let’s face it! The Gates are a mini-Telethon show… all of their own! That’s so awesome. How inspiring are they? Sooooooo inspiring! That’s 1 billion a year for the world’s poor. To get you have to give. These two are smart. Then to be a neighbor of the world… give some more. To be considered humane, give even more. These are the practical steps of loving the world. The Gates are just too cool for Hollywood school.
A ten year commitment to providing quality of life to others who most need it… is as good as it gets. Miracle workers walk among us in the US of A. May God continue to bless America! :)
This full report by the AP via Huff Po gives the details:
Billionaires need love too. Especially this last year where America’s wealthiest people found themselves down 300 billion to 2008 from $1.57 trillion to $1.27 trillion. Financial storms aside, these are the top 10 super heroes of wealth this year.
Faltering capital markets and plummeting real-estate prices, along with divorce and fraud, affected the fortunes of 314 billionaires and caused 32 plutocrats to fall off the rankings.
The most effected, was our man, Warren Buffet whose Berkshire Hathaway shares fell 20% in 12 months, costing Buffet $10 billion to his own personal fortune. Despite taking a hit in an unprecedented global recession, Warren Buffet remains one of the best financial advisor’s in the US, who is dubbed the Oracle of Omaha for his sound financial wisdom and philanthropic heart. Buffet is on the rise.
For the generosity of Twilight and New Moon fans (in particular) worldwide, who are mindful of others in the world… Horiwood.Com thanks you all. Let’s keep the love flowing Team Twilight and save lives. You all rock! :)
President Barack Obama sits at #49 while Angelina Jolie sits #1 in the world for influential celebrities, according to Forbes annual honors list of celebrities for 2009. The world is thankful for both Barack & Michelle Obama, as well as Angelina Jolie.
Angelina Jolie’s life’s message is one of making mistakes and enduring struggle, but then moving from anger into love and working through her issues with persistence and hard work. We love her, as she thinks of the afflictions of others and uses her star platform to make a difference in the world. She inspires!
Here’s 10 hot posts right now on Horiwood.com here in Hollywood, Enjoy!
We’ve always maintained on Horiwood.Com that in a global recession (likened to the great depression in world history) there are two people that are incredibly important.
Politicians but also the billionaire philanthropist. According to yahoo newsBill Gates, the richest known man in the world, says: “I think all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortune. I’m not saying they shouldn’t leave anything for their kids or to have a little bit for themselves but yes, I think they would enjoy it, I think their kids would be better off, and I think the world would be better off.”
Oprah must be trembling in her boots right now! Just kidding, but Bill is so right! It’s about being a Mr Schindler vs being an Adolph Hitler, from Schindler’s List’s key message that Steven Spielberg depicted in his film starring Liam Neeson.
If you can’t take your wealth and fame with you, let it live on the living legacy of the masses who need a helping hand.
Zac Efron’s disheveled and yet ‘perfectly arranged at all times’ long locks, will make a cameo appearance in Entourage for HBO. Efron shot his scenes in LA on Tuesday morning for the TV show that parodies the inside workings of show biz. Hollywood celebrities and entertainment news is always hot on Horiwood.Com.
Here’s 10 Hot Posts Right Now in the City of Angels.
Rockers Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr of The Beatles, united for Microsoft’s Annual E3 Press Conference, to bring a b(r)it of rock royalty to the future of video gaming. Their themed video game, The Beatles: Rock Band, was a huge draw card for Bill Gates at E3 in LA. Both Sir Paul and Ringo are looking great!
Geek Boy Bill Gate's Microsoft is still one of the best companies to work for in America
I love those little brainy geeky smart people at the website 24/7 Wall Street. They’re pretty clever and thoughtful too. As I write this from Hollywood, California’s unemployment rate has risen from 10% to 11.3% in just the last month. So, this information is pretty vital. First up are the companies, perhaps not to work for…
Net Worth:$35.0 bil Fortune:self made Source:telecom Age:69 Country Of Citizenship:Mexico Residence:Mexico City Industry:Telecommunications Education:NA, Marital Status:widowed, 6 children
There is money to bed made in all of the blah blah that people talk down their phone lines each day. Carlos Slim Helu knows that. After Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, Carlos is the third richest person in the world.
Net Worth:$37.0 bil Fortune:self made Source:Berkshire Hathaway Age:78 Country Of Citizenship:United States Residence:Omaha, Nebraska Industry:Investments Education:University of Nebraska Lincoln, Bachelor of Arts / Science, Columbia University, Master of Science Marital Status:widowed, remarried, 3 children
Last year America’s most beloved investor was the world’s richest man. This year he has to settle for second place after losing $25 billion in 12 months. Shares of Berkshire Hathaway down 45% since last March. Injected billions of dollars into Goldman Sachs, GE in exchange for preferred stock last fall; propped up insurance firm Swiss Re in February with $2.6 billion infusion. Admits he made some “dumb” investment mistakes in 2008. Upbeat about America’s future: “Our economic system has worked extraordinarily well over time. It has unleashed human potential as no other system has, and it will continue to do so.” Scoffs at Wall Street’s over-reliance on “history-based” models: “If merely looking up past financial data would tell you what the future holds, the Forbes 400 would consist of librarians.” Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim’s), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See’s Candies). Also has noncontrolling stakes in Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo.
Even Angelina Jolie reveres Warren Buffet’s big big brains
Net Worth:$40.0 bil Fortune:self made Source:Microsoft Age:53 Country Of Citizenship:United States Residence:Medina, Washington Industry:Software Education:Harvard University, Drop Out, Marital Status:married, 3 children
Software visionary regains title as the world’s richest man despite losing $18 billion in the past 12 months. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft last summer to devote his talents and riches to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Organization’s assets were $30 billion in January; annual letter lauds endowment manager Michael Larson for limiting last year’s losses to 20%. Gates decided to increase donations in 2009 to $3.8 billion, up 15% from 2008. Dedicated to fighting hunger in developing countries, improving education in America’s high schools and developing vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. Appointed Microsoft Office veteran Jeffrey Raikes chief exec of Gates Foundation in September. Gates remains Microsoft chairman. Sells shares each quarter, redeploys proceeds via investment vehicle Cascade; more than half of fortune invested outside Microsoft. Stock down 45% in past 12 months. “Creative capitalist” wants companies to match profitmaking with doing good.
Pictured here with husband Bill, and UK rocker Bono, Melinda Gates has just fessed up in Vogue that she’s not allowed an i-phone or an i-pod in their home.
Poor Melinda! Just kidding… the Gates’ get fierce about marketing Microsoft in their latest round of PR in Vogue Magazine … (more…)
From Hollywood, here’s 10 Hot Posts Right now on Horiwood.Com. Let’s unite and touch the world today. Let’s go Team Twilight!
Even Angelina Jolie reveres Warren Buffet’s big big brains
Pictured here with husband Bill, and UK rocker Bono, Melinda Gates has just fessed up in Vogue that she’s not allowed an i-phone or an i-pod in their home.
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – THU 5.21.2010
[Image: Mount Haramon as viewed from Hasbaya --courtesy of Ramiz Dalli]
~”I’m gonna stand out here on the mountain top/Till I feel your [Rain]… And now I’ll wait for the light, I’ll wait for the sun/ Till I feel your [Rain]“–Madonna
The 80′s were years of think big, bold, colorful thoughts. You couldn’t help but grow and expand with creativity. Symbols inspiring big thoughts were everywhere. Today Google are celebrating the 80′s by turning google’s logo into the PacMan video game. Fun. Pacman is universally loved as entertainment–as light relief to pass the time, especially in India and China–so that’s a smart move to expand Microsoft’s global audience appeal with this logo. Fun sells.
And as Horiwood.Com is celebrating the life of Aunt Elvira as a Mother of Los Angeles industry and women of business development in The City of Angels revolutionary formative years of American women’s pioneering legends of modern American business, here’s 80′s pop icon, Madonna with her song, Rain.
1. Harvard ‘s Emma Watson appears for One Night Only
2. Tori Spelling is in Turks and Caicos
3. Oprah and Eli Broad know how to party for CALIFORNIA
4. Beyonce sings for Mexican royalty in The White House
5. Calling Quantcast out on their biz lies
6. World trends: the WORDS people love to hate
7. Megan Fox turns down Transformers 3 role
8. Hollywood Humor is Cameron Diaz & Tom Cruz on set
9. Robert Pattinson‘s tabloid marriage proposal rates
10. Lady Gaga treks out her Alejandro video from LA
In Celebration of a Queen’s Life: Aunt Elvira is A Mother of LA
Lyrics to Madonna ‘s Rain follow:
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