He mostly used it for two things. One, as all rich people do, to donate money to their own foundations to save taxes. Second, to push his thoughts and interest on what should be research and what shouldn’t.
He didn’t do either of these things overtly (e.g. as Musk for the latter), but still Billionaires do Billionaire stuff.
Probs also might have helped his image with Billionaire friends and the public.
There are plenty of times when his funding things interfered. Alas there are for sure times when his funding things helped, but no one individual should posses such power.
He mostly used it for two things. One, as all rich people do, to donate money to their own foundations to save taxes. Second, to push his thoughts and interest on what should be research and what shouldn’t.
He didn’t do either of these things overtly (e.g. as Musk for the latter), but still Billionaires do Billionaire stuff.
Probs also might have helped his image with Billionaire friends and the public.
There are plenty of times when his funding things interfered. Alas there are for sure times when his funding things helped, but no one individual should posses such power.