He didn&#x27;t say he would give away 99% of his wealth.  He said he would use 99% of their Facebook shares to fund their agenda.  And he said they would do that with 99% of his shares over their lifetime... if they were &#x27;giving away 99% of their wealth&#x27; they could just do that today.  As it happens, they can still realize significant returns from those funds in the meantime, and probably end up richer than when they started.<p>The pattern of manipulative billionaires sheltering their legacies like this is not new; see Rockefeller, Carnegie, Ford, Gates, etc.