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Mar 24, 2023
1:41:39pm

Boring Starter

People generally don’t get wealthy throwing money at 19-22 year olds.

I wouldn’t mind if they donate, but lots of wealthy get there because they are very careful.

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Boring

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We have some wealthy BYU alumni

Chefcurry

3/24/23 10:39am

Josh James is a billionaire? I'd be surprised if he was even close.

byubyu

3/24/23 10:42am

A quick Google has sources saying anything from $6M to $100M, but nowhere near $1B

El Jefe

3/24/23 10:44am

I'm sure he took a huge hit in the divorce as well.

byubyu

3/24/23 10:46am

I'm not sure why these men should feel obligated to fund our obsession

Indy Coug

3/24/23 10:42am

Not saying they should.

Chefcurry

3/24/23 10:48am

Because it's the American way...someone else always knows how better you...

icecougar

3/24/23 5:49pm

Just an FYI most of those people on that list already give a pretty large amount

ordinary tri guy

3/24/23 10:50am

Yeah, but there’s a ton of tech money in Utah Valley. More people need to step

Iman23

3/24/23 10:51am

I wonder if the Bucked Up founder does NIL for Utah valley. Those guys are

Chefcurry

3/24/23 10:56am

RE: Just an FYI most of those people on that list already give a pretty large

CharlottesvilleCoug

3/24/23 12:12pm

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bluecheese

3/24/23 10:54am

Most ultra wealthy want a return on their investment. Most are not

JamieTartt

3/24/23 10:59am

But most wealthy people look hard for tax reductions, so with a good CPA

3/24/23 1:08pm

Isn't that part of the reasoning behind the collective. I know Todd got pretty frustrated with BYU because they weren't

Nuke

3/24/23 11:10am

The issue there was Todd wanted to give money to a specific purpose and BYU

ordinary tri guy

3/24/23 11:54am

So basically BYU wanted to be lazy and didn't want to track restricted funds?

JamieTartt

3/24/23 12:10pm

Actually complete opposite. They wanted to track everything

ordinary tri guy

3/24/23 1:10pm

Yea they track all $$. They just don't want the athletics department looking

3/24/23 2:56pm

RE: Isn't that part of the reasoning behind the collective. I know Todd got

ouin2golf2

3/24/23 3:44pm

Frank VanderSloot 3 Bil I know he donates but not sure how much.

Chippercoug

3/24/23 11:35am

Ryan Smith has two brothers who are almost as wealthy as he is. Don’t know

Bullrider

3/24/23 11:57am

One brother that is, and his dad.

dtownCoug

3/24/23 4:54pm

People generally don’t get wealthy throwing money at 19-22 year olds.

Boring

3/24/23 1:41pm

Everyone has pleasures

Rocketman

3/24/23 1:46pm

That's exactly how the Vivint guys got rich!

Plato

3/24/23 1:48pm

Brandon Sanderson, Stephanie Meyer...both super wealthy authors. Both BYU alums.

BlooCoog

3/24/23 3:34pm

Based on his comments from his youtube channel. Brandon is not a sports fan.

Lance71

3/24/23 7:30pm

Bunch of big wigs at Sorenson Capital. I have credible reason to believe at

CougaRR4L

3/24/23 5:16pm

I think there are at least 15+ on CB in $15 to $50 million range. I think there

Bullrider

3/24/23 8:00pm

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