Opinion: Philanthropy Advice Bill Gates Won’t Give You

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, a foundation leader offers philanthropy advice to wealthy young people he says are increasingly subject to “arm-twisting” from politicians, nonprofits, and Giving Pledge founders Bill Gates and Warren Buffett about how and when to give away their money.

The column by James Piereson, president of the William E. Simon Foundation takes its cue from a 2010 email exchange between Mr. Gates and the late philanthropist Robert Wilson in which the latter spurned an invitation to join the Giving Pledge and wrote that young people should focus on making money and begin donating later in life.