Meet the men and women whose deeply personal philanthropy is dramatically changing the way we think about giving. There are 8.6 million millionaires in the United States, and these numbers are set to rise in what will be the biggest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. As $41 trillion dollars (or over three times the national GDP) moves from the World War II generation to their baby-boomer children over the next couple of decades, it will become imperative that the beneficiaries of this wealthˇXeven those not joining the ranks of the superrichˇXbegin thinking about philanthropy, perhaps for the first time in their adult lives. In Be the Change, bestselling author Lisa Endlich presents eleven compelling profiles of this twenty-first century generosity. Through candid, revealing, and often surprising interviews, readers will venture into the hearts and minds of the top names in philanthropy today.
