This is the new definition of generous…
http://www.forbes.com/business/2006/06/27/billion-donation-gates-cz_ts_0627buffett.html
Warren Buffett’s stunning announcement that he will give $30 billion of his $44 billion Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRKA – news – people ) fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shows that the billionaire titans of today want serious advances in the world’s health, science and education–and they aren’t going to leave it up to bureaucratic government agencies or bloated nongovernmental organizations to get the job done. Real change takes billions of dollars–and a lot of chutzpah.