When all his investments paid off some years ago James was seriously rich; he owned a multi-million dollar apartment, a Tuscan villa and even his very own island in New Zealand.
When his investments crashed James was left with just one parcel of shares, still worth millions. But as a philanthropist he’d promised to give those shares away, and he did.
James has now set up a centre at Stanford University for research into compassion, working with scientists to examine the neural bases for altruism and compassion.
He is chairman of the Dalai Lama Foundation.
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