Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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