When Bill Gates recently announced that billionaires should pay most of his assets, he made headlines around the world. Though the founder of Microsoft, is one of the world is the richest individual, and perhaps the leading philanthropist of his time, is just one of many entrepreneurs who have accumulated a great fortune in the technology sector and use their wealth and influence for positive change.

Last year, the Wall Street Journal (“Melinda Gates Definition of Mercy 's”, 5/6/2008), announced a growing number of people who made his fortune in the Internet Technologies and try to eliminate some with s the world's toughest problems, including Jeff Skoll and Pierre Omidyar of eBay and Google founders Larry Page and Serge Brin. According to an article, “These new philanthropists – as you might expect – try the same detailed analysis that many may be used to the success of their businesses in the difficult to measure social problems in force. “

” Philanthropy and the technology can be enormous synergy and community leaders to see the technology a great opportunity to change the world for the better, “said

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