The life of a retired billionaire ... most of us can only imagine. How cool would it be to retire from your day job to do your philanthropy work full-time and then hire someone to run that philanthropy organization as well? Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft to focus on his foundation but is taking along long-time Microsoftie Bill Raikes to be the Gates Foundation's CEO.
The "retired" Bills will probably hang out all the time watching baseball while doling out millions from their foundations. READ MORE.
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