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  A telco billionaire gave $1,000 each to 2,500 Boston college graduates and encouraged them to donate half of it, calling it a ‘gift of giving’

  Posted by  Gatherer on May 26, 2023 at 1:21 AM

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  Robert Hale, the founder, and CEO of Granite Telecommunications, gave 2,500 graduating students $1,000 each. But he called on the graduates to donate half of the gift, or $500, calling it the “gift of giving.” He isn’t the only billionaire donating to college students. His gift is unusual in that it went direct to the recipients.

  A billionaire telecommunications tycoon gave thousands of graduating students $1,000 each on Thursday — but the money comes with a catch.

  Robert Hale, the cofounder, and CEO of wholesale telecommunications provider Granite Telecommunications, handed out two envelopes

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