Hilton to leave $2.3 Billion to Charity

maycm · Post by **maycm** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:03 pm

In a remarkably generous act, the Hilton fortune has been pledged to charity. What a shame that the link that led me to the story was labled "Paris loses out".

[web]https://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/hilton_donation[/web]

Post by **Skylace** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:28 pm

That is wonderful and I am very glad that he is doing that.

Post by **faceless** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:40 pm

it's heartening to know that he's keeping the other $1bn handy - there's nothing worse than being caught short...

Post by **eefanincan** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:45 pm

faceless wrote:it's heartening to know that he's keeping the other $1bn handy - there's nothing worse than being caught short...

Bat · Post by **Bat** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:39 pm

So, Paris won't be struggling then eh???

Marcella-FL · Post by **Marcella-FL** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:04 am

I thought Charity was the youngest daughter ...

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:50 pm

hahaha. All kidding aside though, the first thing that comes to mind is the power of marketing. I'm 54 and up until about five years ago, when you heard the name Hilton, you associated it with *Hilton Hotels*, *Conrad Hilton* or *luxury* only. They were an esteemed, and reputable monied family.

Sadly, because we have had Paris shoved up our asses waist deep, non-stop over the last several years, when you hear the name Hilton you associate it with, well, $hit and that's sad.

So...although I don't think this helps the family image, I am impressed with the spirit of the generosity.