I don't know anything about Paul Allen. I assume his neighbors weren't exactly poor. There are two sides to every story. Bill Gates is fine. I'm convinced the disinformation campaign being orchestrated against him is driven by Russia. Mark Zuckerberg is an example of a greedy enabler of misinformation. Most of this crap originates from Facebook.

@barjoe Paul Allen and Bill Gates were opposites both in physique and attitudes. PA bought a piece of property on Mercer Island a very wealthy community (people along the shoreline often have a float plane ramp to accompany their yacht pier). One neighbor wouldn't sell his property for PA to expand so he simply bought all the neighboring properties and the neighbor had to use a common driveway to gain access of his home. Many neighbor complained of the noise and early morning and late night construction. BG let the neighbors know of the construction times, often had meetings with the neighbors and even gave them treats. He was concerned about how his neighbors felt. PA even bought some property on my island and had an estate built (little did I know I would be living here). All that I saw in his files. He died a few years ago but his family still own the property and our historical society arranged with the family to have a tour of the estate for $250 apiece. When PA became ill with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma he seemed to have changed and became a big philanthropists and even started a brain research foundation.
People with money, just like those without, are all different. Some are concerned with society and how they can help and some, like our PIS-in-chief, are only concerned with themselves.

@JackPedigo I wouldn't know. Everybody I know is poor, including me.

Warren Buffett has pledged to do just that, not only that but they drafted other billionaires to join them [cnbc.com]

@barjoe Good to know that...thanks!

Apple had since blown then away so it's cyclical.