By the time he died this past December, hedge fund manager and philanthropist Robert W. Wilson had done many notable things. In the '70s, he'd survived what Forbes called "the most catastrophic short play in modern times" to amass an $800 million fortune. He'd given away over $500 million, mostly to environmental and preservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the World Monuments Fund. A gay atheist, he'd become the largest donor to the Catholic school system of the Archdiocese of New...
By the time he died this past December, hedge fund manager and philanthropist Robert W. Wilson had done many notable things. In the '70s, he'd survived what Forbes called "the most catastrophic short play in modern times" to amass an $800 million fortune. He'd given away over $500 million, mostly to environmental and preservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the World Monuments Fund. A gay atheist, he'd become the largest donor to the Catholic school system of the Archdiocese of New...
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