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What Google's Sergey Brin wants to learn from Bill Gates

John Cook on Sunday, October 25, 2009, 11:20am PDT

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to take a page out of Bill Gates' playbook when it comes to giving away money. In a story in the The New York Times, the 36-year-old Brin said he looks to the Microsoft co-founder as an example when it comes to philanthropy.

“While everyone was criticizing him, he was generating a whole lot more money for his foundation, and ultimately, when he got serious about philanthropy, he did it really well,” Brin told The Times. “I’d like to learn from that example.”

Brin certainly has a lot of money to give, with an estimated fortune of $16 billion. He's already given away about $30 million.

That's hardly a drop in the bucket compared to Gates, whose foundation's endowment has announced grant commitment of $20.5 billion since inception. Still, Gates -- who retired from his day job at Microsoft to take a more active role at the foundation -- is 17 years older than Brin.

The New York Times story centered around a $1 million donation that Brin -- who moved to the U.S. from Russia with his family when he was 6-years-old -- gave to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.

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