Bill Gates and the members of the Walton Family are both prestigious billionaires, who belong on Mount Rushmore for their achievements and donations. They are among the four presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, for the change they have made. There is room for one more face, and Bill Gates belongs on the mountain. Bill Gates and the Walton Family have donated large amounts, but Bill Gates has donated much more, and his numerous foundations do tons of improvement worldwide.
Bill Gates deserves to be on Mount Rushmore because of his work with poverty, and the creation of technology used all around the world. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates is known around the world for creating pioneer technology brands such as Microsoft and XBOX. Bill Gates became extremely wealthy, and has a current Net Worth of seventy-nine billion dollars. Soon after his success, he created the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given 42.3 billion dollars to various charities, his most
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The Walton Family donates nowhere near as much money as any extremely affluent family or person, and the heirs of the company are the least giving billionaires in the world. The Walton family is known as “the greediest family on earth, ” for giving only 0.04% of their wealth away. Bill Gates has donated $29.2 billion to charity, and his technology shapes our world today, making everyday tasks easier. Bill Gates has also started a foundation, that takes in billions of dollars in donations yearly, and with the help of Bill’s own money put into the foundation, is the largest foundation of its type. While the Walton Family is often called “the greediest family on earth,” Bill Gates is constantly praised for philanthropy. Clearly, Bill Gates deserves to be on Mount Rushmore over the Walton