The altruist in you wants to beat a man who donated $100 million dollars with a ...

SeanLuke · on April 11, 2011

$100 million is rather less than 1% of Zuckerberg's wealth. Little old ladies donate higher percentages than this.

Donations, particularly ones which smell an awful lot like quid pro quo, don't count for much in my book unless they truly hurt. When Zuckerberg donates all but $100 million, I'll believe he's doing something other than buying his way out of hell. And when he donates all but $5 million, ideally anonymously, then I'll be impressed.

ryanwaggoner · on April 12, 2011

And when he donates all but $5 million, ideally anonymously, then I'll be impressed.

Maybe he already has :)

SeanLuke · on April 12, 2011

Cute, but we can verify that he has not: stock holdings.

phlux · on April 11, 2011

Yes, the one who did what he did prior to being worth what he is.

Its pretty easy for anyone to say if they were worth X Billions of dollars to donate some fractional percentage.

We are talking about how he got these gains -- not what he is doing with them.

There is a difference.

juiceandjuice · on April 12, 2011

A man who built an empire and donated $100 million dollars vs. two douchey looking dudes who sued an empire. There is a difference (We are talking about how they got these gains)

Also, he just because he is worth a lot doesn't mean he has $10+ billion in liquid assets either.