Someone please help restrain me from getting my hands around the throat of one of these people !
Billionaires raced to pledge money to rebuild Notre Dame. Then came the backlash
19 Apr, 2019 12:52pm
Billionaires raced to pledge money to rebuild Notre Dame. Then came the backlash
Billionaires raced to pledge money to rebuild Notre Dame. Then came the backlash
19 Apr, 2019 12:52pm
The aftermath of the Notre Dame fire.
Washington Post
By: James McAuley
The eventual reconstruction of Notre Dame is now a foregone conclusion. Within hours of the fire that destroyed much of the cathedral on Monday, donors pledged more than US$1 billion to restore the Parisian icon to its former glory.
Even before the smoke had cleared, Luxury goods magnate Francois-Henri Pinault announced his family would donate €100 million ($168 million) to the effort. Not to remain on the sideline, his rival Bernard Arnault - the chief executive of LVMH and the richest man in Europe - pledged twice that amount on Tuesday morning. The Bettencourt Meyers family, which controls L'Oreal, quickly matched that pledge. And Patrick Pouyanne, chief of executive of French oil giant Total, offered another $150m.
Billionaires raced to pledge money to rebuild Notre Dame. Then came the backlash
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