Saturday, July 9, 2016

Now they want billionaires measure their philanthropy – Expressen

Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are just a few examples of successful entrepreneurs who are trying to contribute to a better world.

The rich people in different ways trying to use some of his money to charity and public benefit is nothing new.

But according to Nina HOAs, director of philanthropic advisory services at the Swiss bank UBS, the trend is increasingly clear that successful entrepreneurs involved in various philanthropic projects.

– the old school philanthropists often put on after they retired and were content to donate money. More modern philanthropists want to measure how much they actually helps and contributes earlier. They also contribute with its network, influence and experience and not just money, “she said during a seminar with the auditing firm PWC in Almedalen, reports Breakit.se.

Read also: The companies that created the world’s richest

in contrast, calls her more Swedish tech stars on the international filantropiscenen – where she only knows Klarna-founder Niklas Adalberth.

– It’s not so much what I know .

If you are a skilled tech entrepreneur you do not have money to make a difference, according to Nina HOAs.

– you can start a social business where you have an income-generating activity, but where the application is made for the public benefit. One can develop on the side without having a lot of money from the beginning, she tells Breakit.

LikeTweet

No comments:

Post a Comment