They're called the Good Club - and they want to save the world
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Paul Harris in New York reports on the small, elite group of billionaire philanthropists who met recently to discuss solving the planet's problems
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It is the most elite club in the world. Ordinary people need not apply. Indeed there is no way to ask to join. You simply have to be very, very rich and very, very generous. On a global scale.
This is the Good Club, the name given to the tiny global elite of billionaire philanthropists who recently held their first and highly secretive meeting in the heart of New York City.
The names of some of the members are familiar figures: Bill Gates, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, David Rockefeller and Ted Turner. But there are others, too, like business giants Eli and Edythe Broad, who are equally wealthy but less well known. All told, its members are worth $125bn.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/31/new-york-billionaire-philanthropists