Charlie Sheen (Worth $70 Mil?) Will Donate $8.4 Thousand to Japan Relief
Charlie Sheen is nothing if not philanthropic. Sheen has announced on his website that he will donate $1 from every ticket sale to his two live shows to the Red Cross for Japan relief. Sheen’s made about $70 million so far from “Two and A Half Men” and just reportedly made a bid on a $7 million home. Nevertheless, he’s volunteering to take a tax credit and donate roughly $10,000 to Japan. How nice! There are about 4,800 seats at the Fox Theater in Detroit, and 3,600 seats at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago. If Sheen really has a paid sell out at each show, that should come to $8,400 for Japan. Of course, it’s possible his concert tour will expand. If he does 20 more cities at the same average size hall, Sheen would still be donating a tear drop for a tsunami. But it’s the thought that counts! Winning! But not if you’re in Japan. PS Charlie has also started selling rather ugly looking T shirts for $20 a pop.
There is nothing wrong with what mister sheen did, why are we focussing on him let’s take a look at other celebrities; how much did they donate
[…] ^ a b CBS adds six new shows, hangs on to Charlie Sheen USA TODAY, May 20, 2010 By Gary Levin ^ Charlie Sheen (Worth $70 Mil?) Will Donate $8.4 Thousand to Japan Relief | Showbiz411 ^ a b c Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2007 ^ Merron, Jeff (February 19, 2004). […]
I don’t think you read the Schmidt story closely. He’s matching donations of $100K– so if ten people donate 100K in his fund, he’ll put up a million dollars, and so on.
After Charlie’s interesting and erratic behavior, this is a nice surprise to hear that he wants to help Japan! He is definitely a man of many sides, each of which is slowly unfolding in front of the public eye.
He may have made $70M with 2.5 Men as well as many dozens of millions more during his career but he’s probably paid 50% of it in tax and with 3 ex-wives to support along with 5 kids, life-long drug and gambling habits as well as a sex addiction (he kept Heidi Fleiss in business for years), I doubt there is much wealth left to spread.
Fine, but how much is Chuck Lorre donating?
So how much are YOU donating Roger? Dare say Mr Sheen is doing more than you and I
Sheen is donating a larger proportion of his fortune than Eric Schmidt.
Schmidt is donating 100k of a 7 BILLION fortune! .0014%
Sheen is donating 8.4k of a 100 million fortune! .0084% – 6 times more!
If Sheen had 7 BIL he would be donating $600k, by these proportions.
Its not how much you donate, but the % of your wealth.