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Related: About this forumHAPPY GRADUATION! Billionaire To Pay Off College Debt, Morehouse Class of 2019
Atlanta A billionaire technology investor and philanthropist says his family is providing grants to wipe out the student debt of the entire 2019 class at Morehouse College. Robert F. Smith made the announcement Sunday morning in front of nearly 400 graduating seniors, eliciting the biggest cheers of the morning. "My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans," Smith said, according to a tweet from the school. A young concertgoer yelled "Wow!" His grandfather was more surprised than anyone.
Morehouse College is an all-male historically black college located in Atlanta. Smith is the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests in software, data, and technology-driven companies.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-f-smith-morehouse-college-commencement-speaker-says-hell-pay-off-class-of-2019s-student-loan-debt/
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HAPPY GRADUATION! Billionaire To Pay Off College Debt, Morehouse Class of 2019 (Original Post)
appalachiablue
May 2019
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,914 posts)1. That is amazing and wonderful.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)2. What a great man
appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)3. Yes & what a surprise for the kids! Very wealthy folks take note.
JudyM
(29,294 posts)4. And he urged them to pay it forward. Love that.