Mr. Gates Queries His Peers

The Gates Foundation backs survey of wealthiest to boost giving. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is co-funding a study that is believed to be the largest and broadest survey of the American rich ever conducted. The questions will target American households worth $25 million or more, and the study aims to have at least 1,000 respondents -- a massive sample size for people of such a high net-worth level.

Read this 11.09.07 "Wealth Report" article by Robert Frank from the Wall Street Journal.