The billionaires made a promise — now some want out

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By Connie LoizosMar 16, 2026, 12:40 am283 ptsTop
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign to get the richest people on earth to promise, publicly, to give most of their money away. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was minting billionaires faster than any industry in history, and the question of how those fortunes…

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