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Bill Gates flayed for 'worthless' charity pledge

'These foundations become ... bureaucracy-ridden sluggards'

WND News Services By WND News Services
Published January 1, 2014 at 12:36pm
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(NEW YORK POST) Bill Gates is the richest person in the world — but one retired New York hedge-fund mogul thought the software pioneer’s Giving Pledge was “practically worthless.”

Robert W. Wilson, a well-known philanthropist who had given away $600 million of his fortune as of 2013, abruptly turned aside Gate’s 2010 request that he sign the Giving Pledge.

The pledge pushes billionaires to give away a bulk of their fortune while they are alive, or in their will.

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