She and her husband, the financier B. Gerald Cantor, amassed one of the largest private collections of Rodin artworks, donating much of it to museums around the world.
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Iris Cantor, Philanthropist and Art Collector, Dies at 95
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Christie’s to Auction 3 of Agnes Gund’s Art Jewels
The New York Times – Business:A Rothko, a Twombly and a Surrealist box with a Medici princess by Joseph Cornell are estimated to sell for $145 million.
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Bill Gates Makes a Multibillion-Dollar Divorce Payout
The billionaire and philanthropist has made a nearly $8 billion payment to the private foundation of his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, new tax filings show.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Who Revived a Faltering IBM in the ’90s, Dies at 83
Installed as an outsider, he engineered a comeback, shifting the company’s focus from a waning mainframe computer business toward consulting and services.
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Sleep Cots and Graham Crackers at Elon Musk’s Child Care Program
Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.
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What’s the Best Way to Give America’s Children $6 Billion?
Michael and Susan Dell are seeding Trump accounts for American children, but the policy, as written, risks leaving out many recipients.
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Mackenzie Scott Announces $7 Billion of Giving This Year
The philanthropist known for giving to historically Black colleges and nonprofits working on climate change offered the news by updating an October blog post.
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Trump Accounts, Baby Bonds: Giving Directly to Kids Is an Idea Right and Left Could Love
Michael and Susan Dell’s $6.25 billion donation to child savings accounts fits a trend: giving with no strings attached. In some ways, it’s a bipartisan philosophy.
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Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.