Source: TimesNowNews Melanie Perkins, owner of online graphic design platform Canva, is reportedly going to give away her entire wealth after having made a fortune of A$16.5 billion. Believe it or not, she is only 34-years-old. Perkins, who started her career by selling spray-on tattoos, got her first big break after conceptualising the DIY graphic design platform Canva. Due to the […]
Continue reading »Source: WstPost Gina Rinehart is at the center of a storm over racist remarks made by her father 38 years ago, but several Indigenous leaders have hailed the billionaire over the years for her “fanfare-free” charity for Australia’s Aboriginal people. Indigenous businessman Clinton Wolf, a director of Madalah Ltd, Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Price and former West Australian Liberal […]
Continue reading »Source: The West Australian Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, is also one of its most generous — though few would know it. The mining magnate is one of just 25 people in the country to be appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division. According to her citation, she has been recognised for “distinguished service to […]
Continue reading »Source: TheGuardian Imperial College London will open Dyson School of Design Engineering, teaching four year MEng course, in October 2015 A £12m donation by Sir James Dyson to Imperial College London has been announced for the launch of a new Dyson school for engineering, which will open its doors later this year. The new Dyson School of Design Engineering is aimed at helping to […]
Continue reading »Source: Forbes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donated another $100 million this week, according to Securities and Exchange Filings reviewed by Forbes—but it’s unclear to which nonprofit he donated. According to an SEC filing from Tuesday, Bezos transferred 47,727 shares of Amazon stock to an unnamed nonprofit, worth a total of $118 million based on that day’s closing stock price. Bezos does […]
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