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☆ Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham lays out why he's voting for Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Paul Graham urged moderate voters to vote for Kamala Harris, citing character over policy. Graham, a Y Combinator cofounder, contrasted Harris with former president Donald Trump. AdvertisementVeteran investor Paul Graham wrote an open letter saying undecided moderate voters should cast their ballot for Kamala Harris. On Tuesday, the Y Combinator cofounder and self-proclaimed moderate posted a statement on X where he laid out his reasons. Graham cofounded famed startup accelerator Y Combinator in 2005, which has been an incubator for companies like Dropbox, Airbnb, and Reddit.

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☆ Jeff Bezos says 'it's really hard' to give away money, while MacKenzie Scott announces $2 billion in donations
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told CNN on Monday that he plans to give away the majority of his $119.5 billion fortune in his lifetime, saying that "it's really hard" to give away large sums of money in effective ways. The same day, his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott published a Medium blog post, announcing that she'd given away nearly $2 billion over the last seven months. More than 230 others, including Scott, have signed the Giving Pledge, promising to do the same with their wealth. Notably, despite his claim earlier this week, Bezos hasn't signed the Giving Pledge. Scott made that commitment in 2019, signing the Giving Pledge the same year the couple divorced and she received roughly $36 billion in Amazon shares.

☆ The idea of Jeff Bezos 'scared' me away from trying to buy the Phoenix Suns, says Shaquille O'Neal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The idea of bidding against the second-richest person in the world is understandably intimidating, even if you're legendary former NBA big man Shaquille O'Neal. O'Neal, a 7-foot-1 Hall of Famer, says Bezos' massive net worth "scared" him away from his plans to make a bid for ownership of the NBA's Phoenix Suns. "Nobody on this planet can compete with Big Man JB," O'Neal told TMZ Sports on Saturday, referring to Bezos, adding: "Because you know what? Bezos is one of multiple billionaires reportedly considering a bid for the Suns, according to ESPN. The Suns franchise is currently worth $1.8 billion, and could reportedly sell for at least $2.5 billion, according to a recent Forbes report.

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