We were able to feed a lot of hungry kids through that program, but there’s obviously so much more work to be done. My hope is that programs like the one we did with Street King can create a template for what I call “conscious capitalism.” That means, instead of hitting a billion-dollar lick and then just sitting on it, these CEOs start to make giving a fundamental part of their business plans. The World Bank says that if the top Fortune 500 companies donated just 1 percent of their earnings to charitable organizations, it could alleviate extreme poverty across the globe. Just 1 percent. I
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