Death of Germany's richest man creates a giant charitable foundation

https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/09/01/the-death-of-germanys-richest-man-creates-one-of-europes-biggest-foundations

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reksas@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 10d (4 replies)

i wonder how much of that will actually end up with charity and how much into "administrative costs"

ooli3@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 10d (1 reply)

since the wife is on board of direction of the charity, it seems it is just another trick to avoid tax

jmill@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 8d

Makes sense. Otherwise, if you want to donate a ton of money to charity, why wait until you are dead?

Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 8d (1 reply)
reksas@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 8d

may he rot in hell

ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 10d

What a metaphor!

EnsignWashout@startrek.website · 2 pts · 8d

The story is funny because the squirrell is dead.