Category Archives: Philanthropy

Through dogged persistence, Albert Barnes put together what many critics consider the world’s finest collection of post-Impressionist and early modern paintings. – [VIDEO]

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

“The new facility is scheduled to open in May 2012, and is intended to reproduce the collection as laid out by Barnes himself, with rooms of the same size and proportion as those in Merion.”

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Bloomberg TV profiles Charles and David Koch. — [VIDEO]

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Bloomberg TV profiles Charles and David Koch.

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Conservative money is bad, and linked to greed, while liberal money is self-evidently philanthropic.

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

The Kochs vs. Soros: Free markets vs. state coercion.

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Peter Thiel: Funding intensive technologies means accepting weird, strange, and singular, ideas. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

This is an addendum to my yesterday’s post on the “Audacious Optimism” event. His (excellent) point on weirdness is 2:50 into.

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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and all the “Giving Pledge” billionaires, should rather do what Peter Thiel does –go investing their cash and/or (liquidated) fortune in futuristic projects. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

This morning, I wrote that I disaprove Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge operation, because I rather favor billionaires investing in young startups lead by visionaries. Well, just after the publication of that post, I stumbled on the “Audacious … Continue reading →

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Why I am against those billionaires pledging to “give away” the majority of their wealth

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Philanthropy has a low ROI. They should rather put their money in a VC fund, and invest it in promising ventures, lead by visionaries. Addendum: WSJ UPDATE: See Peter Thiel’s “Audacious Optimism” event.

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Prizes – [VIDEO]

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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About the richest 1% of Americans who own roughly half of the entire nation’s wealth

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Born Rich – by Jamie Johnson The One Percent – by Jamie Johnson

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Peter Diamandis’s X Prize Foundation, founded in 1996 to usher in an era of private space flight, has brought a new era of innovation through competition along with it.

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“In 1997, the total value of philanthropic prizes with purses of $100,000 or more was roughly $74 million. Today that number is $315 million.“

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When you ask for money, you get advice. And when you ask for advice, you might get money.

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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