Well played Lucas, well played. “Star Wars” creator, George Lucas, has become the latest billionaire to join Warren Buffett’s “Giving Pledge” by vowing to give half of his fortune to charity. The 66-year-old filmmaker and philanthropist, has joined the pledge to help education. Although he’s giving away half of his money, “The Force” creator, is still a billionaire.
the Star Wars creator has announced that he’s giving away half of his fortune to charity.The filmmaker/mogul/man-in-flannel isn’t the only rich guy who’s making things happen. Lucas is just one of 40 billionaires who is participating in Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s The Giving Pledge program. The plan is so simple, it’s almost too obvious: persuade America’s richest people to give the bulk of their fortunes to charity.
“We contacted between 70 and 80 people to get the 40,” says Buffet, the coolest old financial guy in town. “A few were unavailable. We don’t give up on them. Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future. We’ll keep on working.”
Of the 40 donating money, their combined net worth is more than $230 billion and “several of them have said they plan to give away much more than 50 percent of their wealth.” You do the math.
Damn. This is in the category of “Well, do you still hate me?” or “What the f have you done lately?”. This pledge program is just insane and awesome. I’m so glad that Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffett are following through on this program. This should have’ve been done years ago. But like with any great idea, it sometimes takes time. I hope more and more billionaires join this program later on. Hopefully they can see that this money is not being wasted, it’s helping future generations. Personally, I don’t hate Lucas. I love the original Star Wars trilogy, and I enjoyed and liked the prequel trilogy. So, I really don’t hate the guy. He has created and given the movie business lots of things. So, after this move, I definitely like the guy more now.
Do you like this idea? You still hate Lucas? Or do you love him even more now?
