A 30 year old Oxford University Academic has pledged to give £1m of his earnings away to charity during the course of his career.
Dr Toby Ord, who researches ethics, believes his donations to charities in developing countries could save 500,000 years of healthy life.
Dr Ord will give up 10% of his annual salary, plus any yearly earnings above £20,000 for the rest of his career.
He said he had been thinking for a while about how he could make a difference in the world.
He has predicted he should be able to earn about £1.5m over the course of his academic career, and has decided to donate about £1m of it to charities fighting poverty in the developing world.
Dr Ord said said he was happy with his life and did not mind missing out on material wealth in the future.
He said he had a “wonderful wife”, and enjoyed books and seeing places and people.
“I’ve got all of that and I just miss out on these various extras of having a bigger house or something like that. But that doesn’t really bother me,” he added.
What a fantastic story!
Sourced from the BBC
