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A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’
Brian O’Kelley sold his ad-tech company AppNexus to AT&T for $1.6 billion, kept less than $100 million, and donated the remainder to charity. He openly criticizes billionaires, stating he will never join the billionaires' club and plans to give away future earnings from his new startup, Scope3.
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