More Hedge Fund Managers Join 'Giving Pledge'
A number of hedge fund managers are joining other wealthy families who have pledged to give a majority of their wealth to the charity “Giving Pledge,” a brainchild of Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.
Stephen Taub
December 10, 2010
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, left, and Bill Gates, co-chairman of the foundation and also chairman of Microsoft Corp., right, appear during a news conference at the 16th International AIDS Conference, Sunday, August 13, 2006, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bill Gates, whose foundation has spent $2 billion on AIDS research and treatment, called for faster development of gels and pills to give women more control in preventing the disease. Photographer: Norm Betts/Bloomberg News.
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