Some of the most notable examples include the Detroit Public Library and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. All told,Andrew Carnegie eventually gave away roughly 90 percent of his personal fortune during his lifetime.Some $60 million,the modern equivalent of around $1.5 billion just for libraries3/
By the time he died in 1919, the former “Prince of Steel” had earned himself a new nickname:the “Patron Saint of Libraries.” Throw in Carnegie Hall,Carnegie Mellon Institute,Tuskegee Institute,Carnegie International Endowment for Peace, countless $ for medical & scientific research. 4/
Diametrically opposed to the current crop of billionaires except a small handful.