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Rockefeller 2.0: Gates relaunches philanthropy
As Bill Gates formally leaves his day job at Microsoft to start work full-time at his family foundation , all eyes in the nation’s $300 billion philanthropy sector are focused on the man that many now call “the Rockefeller of our time,”  Contribute magazine reports. Full story
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