Please who can name the most prominent oligarchs in the history of mankind , who by their money really served their country and served the world?

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Maybe someone knows interesting statements about the convesions of the oligarchs to Christ and how they became born again and started to serve the country and the world ?
 
is there any moral charter or constitution for rich people, how they just have to serve society with their money?
 
This is probably not what you’re looking for, but the first name that popped in my head was Mother Katharine Drexel. It was her father’s fortune (a philanthropist in his own right) which enabled her to do much of the good she did, but the bottom line is, she was extremely wealthy and could have lived a life of leisure. Instead, as the Wikipedia article states, “Mother Katharine spent about $20 million in support of her work, building schools and churches, and paying the salaries of teachers in rural schools for blacks and Indians.”
 
Some wealthy people who have served the Kingdom (without becoming poor)…
  • The Wise Men / Kings
  • St King Louis IX of France
  • Nicodemus (gave Jesus his tomb)
  • King David, King Solomon
  • Constantine, Emperor of Rome
  • Charlemagne, Emperor of Rome
Is that what you are looking for?
 
How about the Kennedys…
Nancy Pilosi and Dianne Feinstein

George Soros also comes to mind.
 
Thank you very much. Its already good material for study. Thank you.
Are there more among the famous personalities of our modern time?
 
A great many entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates as well as celebrities have set up charitable foundations. I don’t know how to locate a list of foundations listed by founder, but here is a partial list of charitable foundations.
 
Dr. (Rev) Martin Luther King would be a fairly contemporary example. Rev. King served mankind not necessary through his wealth because he wasn’t wealthy in the material sense (he was a man of God and community activist), but through his tenacity and ultimate human sacrifice to end one of the most horrific evil sins in the USA - segregation. What this man went through. The sacrifices he made to mankind. I can’t help but think that Dr. King has a very special spot in God’s Kingdom.
 
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Dr. (Rev) Martin Luther King would be a fairly contemporary example. Rev. King served mankind not necessary through his wealth because he wasn’t wealthy in the material sense (he was a man of God and community activist), but through his tenacity and ultimate human sacrifice to end one of the most horrific evil sins in the USA - segregation. What this man went through. The sacrifices he made to mankind. I can’t help but think that Dr. King has a very special spot in God’s Kingdom.
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This is good example of a great reformer!
But I’m more interested to focus on personalities among very rich people.
There are the countries where in my opinion, the business - elites have not learned to be a real business - elites, and unfortunately perceives their status in a more hedonistic sense.
That’s why I study the examples of wealthy philanthropists.
Thank you!
 
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
John Pierpont Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Leland Stanford
John Jacob Astor
Collis P. Huntington
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover
 
I always think of St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Hedwig of Poland as an example of godly wealth.
 
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