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美富豪拎两行李箱现金参加毕业典礼 一人发俩大红包!
You could say Robert Hale Jr. spiced up his commencement speech to the graduates when he opened 2 giant duffel bags and announced that each of them would be getting $1,000 when they came onstage to get their diplomas ... but there was one important caveat! https://t.co/xWRgzHL3zZ
— TMZ (@TMZ) May 19, 2024
在马萨诸塞大学达特茅斯分校(University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)本周举行的毕业典礼上,学生们不但聆听了一位亿万富翁对他们的致辞,还收到一个慷慨的红包,以鼓励他们创业,让他们惊喜不已。这位亿万富翁就是小罗伯特‧黑尔(Robert Hale, Jr.)。他是总部位于昆西的花岗岩电信公司(Granite Telecommunications)创始人兼首席执行官。在周四(5月16日)受邀发言的毕业典礼上,他告诉学生们,“每一位从台上走过的毕业生”都将获得一个价值500美元的信封作为礼物(gift)。”话音一落,台下的学生们沸腾了。学校表示,黑尔接着又给了每位毕业生第二个信封,同样装着500美元。而这笔钱则是赠送给这些“有需要的人”(give)。黑尔将这些信封塞进他随身携带上台的两个大大的行李袋中。他告诉毕业生们,对他和他的妻子来说,“我们一生中最大的快乐就是‘给予’。”“这些艰难的时刻,我们更需要分享、关爱和给予。”黑尔说,“我们的社区和世界现在比以往任何时候都更需要我们的帮助。”学校发言人告诉福斯商业频道,共有1,200名毕业生收到了总价值为1,000美元的两张支票,其中40%是第一代学生(即父母没有上过大学)。
NEW: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth speaker Robert Hale Jr. gives out $1000 each to 1,200 students during their graduation.The billionaire handed out $1.2 million in total to the graduates as they crossed the stage to get their degrees.Here's the catch. The students… pic.twitter.com/T76BPWk5hG
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 18, 2024
当天的毕业典礼在瓢泼大雨中举行。学校在一份新闻稿中表示,“黑尔向人们讲述了他的职业生涯,包括几乎一夜之间损失了10 亿美元,并敦促他们不要让失败定义自己,而他自己就是一个以坚韧不拔的态度面对生活的例子。”根据《福布斯》报导,黑尔也是波士顿塞尔提克队(Boston Celtics)所有权集团的一员,其净资产估计为54亿美元。
Robert Hale Jr., the CEO of telco company Granite, gifted $1,000 (~P58,000) to the new grads as they walked the stage to get their diplomas. He also revealed that there was a catch to this gift.READ: https://t.co/HlwV8uy5Nd pic.twitter.com/k4DaK6rt6E
— PhilSTAR L!fe (@philstarlife) May 19, 2024