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Once again, Forbes magazine released the list of the world's billionaires. This ranking is published a few days after the death of David Rockefeller, which motivated the writing of various articles and opinions in various columns of printed and electronic newspapers around the world. This year's Forbes ranking includes personalities such as Mark Zuckerberg, David Koch, Carlos Slim, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Travis Kalanick. In particular, regarding David Rockefeller, grandson of John D. Rockefeller, it was striking how several journalists agreed to point out that before being the famous philanthropist, he was also like his relatives, a voracious, insensitive businessman motivated by competition and profit. The desire to concentrate wealth affected thousands of people. In reality, he inherited an empire whose origins come from his grandfather, founder of Standard Oil. In David's case, he founded Chase Manhattan Bank, which would later be known as JP Morgan Chase. David Rockefeller also followed the tradition of giving back to the community through philanthropy and supported various universities and museums. At the time of his death in the world ranking of billionaires he was ranked 581 in the world and the tycoon was 214 in the United States alone. He married Margaret (Peggy) McGrath (died 1996). Six children were born from the marriage: Richard, David Jr., Neva Goodwin, Peggy Dulany, Eileen and Abby Rockefeller. Peggy Dulany is the founder of the Synergos institute in New York, which at one time had an important alliance with the Mexican Center for Philanthropy to promote the Community Foundation model. They currently support Comunalia, a group that continued with this objective. Regarding his tradition as a donor, it is said that The New York Times carried out an investigation a few years ago on the amount of donations that David Rockefeller had made and it was estimated at 900 million dollars, but in recent years he granted more and of considerable volume to Harvard University for 100 million more.
However, Rob Chernow, a New Zealand WhatsApp Number List prestigious biographer, helps us understand Rockefeller's personal donation phenomenon. Like every human being, he was full of contradictions, but in the field of philanthropy he had a long-term vision. This fact, that of different activities, passions and interests cohabiting in one person, means that from some perspectives only the role as an entrepreneur is considered in judgment. However, the philanthropic tradition moves these types of people to profess certain attitudes of generosity. Because of this phenomenon, many people in Mexico are skeptical about philanthropy and do not believe in generous acts but consider them as “desperate attempts to wash away their guilt and earn heaven.” Among the texts that were published about this death, several journalists point out that a cycle of the “old and traditional” philanthropists, not only in the United States, but in the world, has closed and is now giving way to those of a new generation (although many of the famous people are also old like Warren Buffet). One of the characteristics that surrounds the new generations of North American philanthropists is undoubtedly The Global Pledge proposal, an initiative by Bill and Melisa Gates and Warren Buffet, which as is known is an invitation for billionaires to promise that they will donate part of their fortune to philanthropic causes when they die. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, indicated a few years ago that he would join the movement and would donate 99% of his shares in Facebook to the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation. Other personalities who have committed to following are: Paul Allen, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Without a doubt, that act inspired other young American businessmen to generate fortunes and establish mechanisms for giving back to the community, but the depth of their philanthropy is not comparable to their level of income.
Many of these billionaires belong to the privileged class that accounts for 90% of the world's income. Some reflections regarding the fortune amassed, the attitude towards philanthropy and the North American idiosyncrasy explain the cultural phenomena around generosity and wealth. •First of all, the North American feels comfortable with wealth, it is aspirational but it must be the result of the culture of entrepreneurship, of effort. •The practices of retribution to society is a cultural phenomenon that took root in the religious faith of English Protestantism and work was valued as the legal source of wealth (of course regardless of the absurdities of the capitalist system). •It is very common for education to be one of the favorite topics of North American magnates and philanthropists who do not stop allocating resources to this cause. •The issue of environmental protection has lately come to the interest of North American philanthropists but is gaining greater momentum every day. Since so many expectations are raised by philanthropy studies, we will have to wait for an analysis of the generosity attitudes of millennials, their behaviors and attitudes both in philanthropy and in voluntary service. In the case of Mexico, whether due to corruption or lack of retribution to the community, a distorted vision of business activity persists, as well as a great lack of interest in supporting philanthropic causes on the part of the general public despite the fact that private resources and public services allow equal opportunity for groups that have been excluded from the benefits of development. From the Board of Directors The President of the Board of Directors expressed that Earth Hour, an initiative that was born in Sydney, Australia within the WWF organization, has gained great relevance.
However, Rob Chernow, a New Zealand WhatsApp Number List prestigious biographer, helps us understand Rockefeller's personal donation phenomenon. Like every human being, he was full of contradictions, but in the field of philanthropy he had a long-term vision. This fact, that of different activities, passions and interests cohabiting in one person, means that from some perspectives only the role as an entrepreneur is considered in judgment. However, the philanthropic tradition moves these types of people to profess certain attitudes of generosity. Because of this phenomenon, many people in Mexico are skeptical about philanthropy and do not believe in generous acts but consider them as “desperate attempts to wash away their guilt and earn heaven.” Among the texts that were published about this death, several journalists point out that a cycle of the “old and traditional” philanthropists, not only in the United States, but in the world, has closed and is now giving way to those of a new generation (although many of the famous people are also old like Warren Buffet). One of the characteristics that surrounds the new generations of North American philanthropists is undoubtedly The Global Pledge proposal, an initiative by Bill and Melisa Gates and Warren Buffet, which as is known is an invitation for billionaires to promise that they will donate part of their fortune to philanthropic causes when they die. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, indicated a few years ago that he would join the movement and would donate 99% of his shares in Facebook to the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation. Other personalities who have committed to following are: Paul Allen, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Without a doubt, that act inspired other young American businessmen to generate fortunes and establish mechanisms for giving back to the community, but the depth of their philanthropy is not comparable to their level of income.
Many of these billionaires belong to the privileged class that accounts for 90% of the world's income. Some reflections regarding the fortune amassed, the attitude towards philanthropy and the North American idiosyncrasy explain the cultural phenomena around generosity and wealth. •First of all, the North American feels comfortable with wealth, it is aspirational but it must be the result of the culture of entrepreneurship, of effort. •The practices of retribution to society is a cultural phenomenon that took root in the religious faith of English Protestantism and work was valued as the legal source of wealth (of course regardless of the absurdities of the capitalist system). •It is very common for education to be one of the favorite topics of North American magnates and philanthropists who do not stop allocating resources to this cause. •The issue of environmental protection has lately come to the interest of North American philanthropists but is gaining greater momentum every day. Since so many expectations are raised by philanthropy studies, we will have to wait for an analysis of the generosity attitudes of millennials, their behaviors and attitudes both in philanthropy and in voluntary service. In the case of Mexico, whether due to corruption or lack of retribution to the community, a distorted vision of business activity persists, as well as a great lack of interest in supporting philanthropic causes on the part of the general public despite the fact that private resources and public services allow equal opportunity for groups that have been excluded from the benefits of development. From the Board of Directors The President of the Board of Directors expressed that Earth Hour, an initiative that was born in Sydney, Australia within the WWF organization, has gained great relevance.