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You
cannot take your money with you, so why not put it to good
use
As the world population explodes, there are proportionally
more billionaires
on the planet, the product of exploiting manufacturing and
selling of products and services. Meaning of course, that
there will be proportionally more poor people, who are being
exploited. There is though nothing wrong with making money,
provided that it is put to good use. Since, money is just a
tool to accomplish things. Not a pile of paper notes to be
counted for pleasure, or vaults of gold or
jewels. Though,
the latter would be preferable, since at least is looks
better than a stack of pulp, or a digital display, when
online banking.
It
is a sobering thought, that in order to make money, energy
has to be used, mostly from the burning of fossil
fuels. Hence, making money generates a large carbon
footprint,
where a responsible attitude to increasing greenhouse
gases,
would and perhaps, should be, to offset the CO2, as far as is
practical.
That
is why many wealthy people set up charitable foundations.
Donating substantial sums to good causes.
8. LARRY PAGE
Age: 49
Residence: California
Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)
Net Worth: $87.8 billion
Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($73.7 billion total)
Other Assets: $14.1 billion in cash
Like several of the tech billionaires on this list, Larry Page embarked on his path to fame and fortune in a college dorm room. While attending Stanford University in 1995, Page and his friend Sergey Brin came up with the idea of improving internet data extraction. The duo devised a new search engine technology they dubbed Backrub after its ability to assess links to a page.
From there, Page and Brin went on to found Google in 1998, with Page serving as CEO of the company until 2001, and again between 2011 and 2019.
Google is the world's dominant internet search engine, accounting for more than 92% of global search requests.
In 2006, the company purchased YouTube, the top platform for user-submitted videos.
After acquiring Android in 2005, Google released the Android mobile phone operating system in 2008.
Google reorganized in 2015, becoming a subsidiary of Alphabet, a holding company.
Page was among early investors in Planetary Resources, a space exploration and asteroid-mining company. Established in 2009, the company was acquired by blockchain firm ConsenSys in 2018 amid funding problems.
He has also shown an interest in flying car companies, investing in both Kitty Hawk and Opener.
Shares of Google soared almost 50% in 2021, moving Page and Brin up the billionaire list. Page's net worth went from just below $52 billion in March 2020 to the current $87.8 billion.
THE
TOP TEN RICHEST - 2022
1.
ELON MUSK
2. BERNARD ARNAULT
3. GAUTAM ADANI
4. JEFF BEZOS
5. BILL GATES
6. WARREN BUFFET
7. LARRY ELLISON
8. LARRY PAGE
9. MUKESH AMBANI
10. SERGEY BRIN
JOHN
STORM & THE CURE FOR CANCER
In
this work of fiction, antagonist, Musket
Meloni is fast approaching becoming the world's first
trillionaire. He's had a brush with cancer, and is looking
for a cure, should it return and spread. When he learns that
John Storm has cured Pope
Peter Benedict, who had stage IV, advanced cancer,
having spread to lymph nodes, other organs and tissues of
his body, he was immediately interest in acquiring the
asset, in company takeover style.
Musket
Meloni had stage two cancer. It had grown, but not spread.
The treatments seemed to be keeping the disease at bay. But
for how long?
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