Once you become a multi-millionaire or a billionaire what else are you supposed to do with your money? Unless your investing it in future technologies, science or business, there is a limit to how much you can buy for personal enjoyment. There is no point on sitting on a pile of money that you don't use.

@The Great Melon

The problem with philanthropy and charitable organizations is that's what they do with it. They take the money and they sit on it to collect interest. They use the interest to engage in whatever good they may actually achieve.

There would be a certain hypocrisy in Steve Jobs contributing money or aid to struggling economies when his company uses such a large amount of blood minerals, contributing to much of the strife philanthropists claim to oppose.

The best thing he could do would be to encourage his company to create a cheap-as-dirt iPad alternative for third world education.