Sunday, 8 March 2026
- Should they exist, this is the correct way to be a billionaire ★
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"Last August, an email with a different address popped into Albert’s inbox asking if she might have 15 minutes to chat. This time, the gift amounted to $50 million. “Fifteen million?” Albert recalled asking, scribbling notes to herself so she would know she had heard correctly. “Fifty million, 5-0,” came the reply. "
Whenever I find myself daydreaming about winning the lottery, I don’t ever make it to the part where I’d try to donate my money to the right causes. That’s probably because there’s no lottery in the world that will ever get you close to a tiny fraction of what multi-billionaires have. Which is insane to think about. Enter: MacKenzie Scott. A great example of how you can take an incomprehensible amount of wealth and try to pay it forward in meaningful and impactful ways, not tear down the Fourth Estate.