Bill Gates recently talked at the Forbes Philanthropy Summit in New York about former Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, who was posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy by Forbes.
Allen died unexpectedly on Oct. 15 last year, just three days before the start of the Blazers season and one month after the return of his struggle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Gates touched on Allen’s passion for giving and how it was driven by an innate curiosity.
To fully appreciate the philosophy behind Paul’s giving, you need to know one thing about him: Paul was driven by an incredible curiosity his whole life.