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Yeah, I've seen this trick before. And I have a feeling he'll be "earning" many billions in the same time period; how much I don't know, but I'm cynical enough that I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was "more than he donates."
And even then he will still have donated a huge amount of money.
I'm not defending billionaires, but between Musk and Gates you can definitely see a spectrum (pun not intended)