A Lesson in Understated Generosity
Wealth Management
MARCH 1, 2024
Ruth Gottesman’s landmark donation to donate $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives praise for her no frills approach to giving.
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Wealth Management
MARCH 1, 2024
Ruth Gottesman’s landmark donation to donate $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives praise for her no frills approach to giving.
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His philanthropic endeavors stretch across a number of institutions including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Brookings Institution, and the National Constitution Center. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago among others.
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That comp gets deposited directly into my bank account, and that money is available for purchasing necessities (food, housing, clothing, medicine, transportation, etc.) I work 40-60 hours a week and get paid for my time and efforts. and paying taxes.
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For example, when a doctor is explaining your diagnosis and the best way to take medicine for it, you want to understand what your doctor is saying. For me, I think of it that you talk to clients the way that you’d like to hear advice from a doctor.
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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
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For me, I like reading, writing, listening to music, dancing and traveling, as well as philosophy and traditional Chinese medicine. Analyze what you like, and go to places where you will find people who also have those interests. Even if they don’t become my clients, we are still friends.
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