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Robert Warne Wilson (November 3, 1926 – December 23, 2013) was an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist and art collector. ==Background== Born in Detroit, Wilson gained his undergraduate degree at Amherst College and his masters from the University of Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan law school, but later left to work as a securities analyst. He founded his own hedge fund Wilson & Associates in 1969 and retired in 1986. By 2000 he was worth an estimated $800 million.〔 According to ''BusinessWeek'' he gave away over four hundred million dollars, and according to others more than $600 million,〔("Robert W. Wilson, Frugal Philanthropist, Dies at 87" ) by Paul Vitello, ''The New York Times'', December 27, 2013〕 to environmental and preservation organizations including the Nature Conservancy and the World Monuments Fund.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet the New Top Givers )〕 "The idea of 'But for my money, it would be gone forever' appeals," he once remarked. After his death, an email correspondence with Bill Gates revealed that Wilson opposed The Giving Pledge, calling it "practically worthless". An avid art collector at the time, Wilson had been on the board of trustees of the Whitney Museum of American Art for over thirty years. His name surfaced during a dispute between John L. Stewart (with whom he had formed an art partnership) and Stewart's former assistant Neil W. Stevenson (who went on to become an art dealer himself) and said "John thinks that Neil possesses some pieces of art that belong to us. And Neil thinks John owes him some money. And I suspect both of those statements are true, and why the matter can’t be settled is beyond me."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Bomb Grows in Brooklyn | The New York Observer )〕 In his will Wilson left his art collection to the Whitney with the exception of James Rosenquist's 1997 painting, "The Meteor Hits the Swimmer's Pillow". He was chairman of the New York City Opera board from 1981 to 1993.〔 Wilson was passionate about criminal justice reform, and was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union for over four decades.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The ACLU Mourns the Death of Robert Wilson | American Civil Liberties Union )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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