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What if we tracked how much the richest people give, not just what they make? #TEDTalks

As chief content officer of Forbes, Randall Lane oversees the magazine’s signature list of billionaires, tracking the richest people on Earth. But he has noticed that this prompts the ultra-wealthy to stockpile their money instead of spending it on the public good. He debuts a new ranking — True Net Worth — that applauds billionaires…

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As chief content officer of Forbes, Randall Lane oversees the magazine’s signature list of billionaires, tracking the richest people on Earth. But he has noticed that this prompts the ultra-wealthy to stockpile their money instead of spending it on the public good. He debuts a new ranking — True Net Worth — that applauds billionaires for their philanthropy and rewards generosity. Guess who’s in the top five?

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  1. @sjaneesh7066

    May 5, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    makes sense. this is how it should be

  2. @gabrielmaroto18

    May 5, 2026 at 6:12 pm

    Now that’s an idea worth spreading!

  3. @rileyelben527

    May 5, 2026 at 6:17 pm

    Because charities are often money laundering schemes

  4. @joebagodonuts8119

    May 5, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    Nonsense. It feels good, but this is total garbage.

  5. @synth712

    May 5, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    the rich just gonna donate to their own foundation or other billionaire’s foundation.. but overall brilliant idea

  6. @Rhobyn

    May 5, 2026 at 6:44 pm

    Or just tax them appropriately.

    • @saharo4884

      May 6, 2026 at 3:02 am

      I clicked the comment section to say exactly this. This is cute and all, but it shouldn’t absolutely be the billionaire’s choice *how* to give that money, it should be the collective.

    • @andrejcagalj4089

      May 6, 2026 at 5:34 am

      Yep people in charge will do well with more money you give them. Wake up.

    • @WNC1901

      May 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm

      ‘Philanthropy’ is exactly how they’re already scamming us. It’s a tax scheme and money laundering.

    • @FataMorgana888

      May 7, 2026 at 1:58 am

      The Epstein class loves to con the Working and Middle class that they are admirable for avoiding tax through ‘philanthropy’, which thanks to Epstein and his ilk, we know is often just another way of getting more powerful.

  7. @rezadaneshi

    May 5, 2026 at 6:56 pm

    A list of why and who they give to is much better!

    • @noname-pb9vj

      May 5, 2026 at 9:42 pm

      That’s the next step

  8. @5959Luc

    May 5, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    A much better idea is not to allow people to have such an absurd amount of money. Instead of relying on their generosity, this way all could live well without worrying about not having the basics.
    Having such money gives them the power to control everything, instead of using automation so nothing lacks, they use it to give themselves more power and money for no reason beyond “numbers go up”.
    Anyone with a brain can see they are not special, this system is rigged and not meritocratic at all. We pay taxes to maintain infrastructure and again for these chosen rich to use it. Why? They didn’t invent it, nor any of their ancestors, they don’t know how any of it works. In fact, they steal from inventors and universities with the help of different governments or they use their money to prevent things from being researched or buy any competing companies and never even use the new technologies.
    Development is stopping. I’ve met many of them and they are nothing but parasites, not once was one of them necessary for anything or helpful in any way, only the opposite. The majority of them don’t even deserve more money than the average person, no special abilities at all. It makes no sense.
    Why are they even chosen to be rich? The most recent I know is Elon when the US government forced NASA to make a rocket company for him. Why do that? Why him? He couldn’t even be useful in his own company as they find someone to replace and correct the damage he did as CTO. Why people think he is a genius or self-made in any way is beyond me. But then again, none of them are.
    There’s also this couple when the government made betting legal. They were well-connected, this is the only reason I can think of.

  9. @bryanwilson2757

    May 5, 2026 at 7:46 pm

    She gives it away like that because she didn’t work for it. The very definition of easy come, easy go.

    • @noname-pb9vj

      May 5, 2026 at 9:43 pm

      But she still has 28 billion

  10. @circuitAHDSR

    May 5, 2026 at 9:09 pm

    Giving to charity doesn’t exempt people from paying their fair share in taxes.

  11. @xBoojum

    May 6, 2026 at 12:05 am

    Must be nice to divorce a billionaire and then get praise for giving his money away

  12. @thierryvankerm8474

    May 6, 2026 at 1:45 am

    Make a list of the best tax payers.

  13. @User04-l9d

    May 6, 2026 at 2:58 am

    ❤❤❤ God be with you

  14. @Gaming4Prajwal

    May 6, 2026 at 3:19 am

    Ratan TATA

  15. @カーボンな

    May 6, 2026 at 9:40 am

    Styrofoam over in my homeland “JAPAN”.

  16. @redarmchair

    May 7, 2026 at 12:19 pm

    because charity is personal preference driven and not what is really needed for society. Therefore govs distributing taxes to where there are a need are much better. Of course the rich lemmings cheering are so ego driven they think giving is more virtuous than paying their share of taxes. The only way infrastructure projects would be funded in such a system would be if a roadway/bridge got their name on it. The benevolent capitalist, right?

  17. @Marian_Martin_Morgenstern

    May 8, 2026 at 8:00 am

    What if we track their position on an open map ?
    Like real time
    Might make some more honest when pay their employees

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