Sunday, March 30, 2008

Ten Years After - Viagra memoirs

A Wall Street titan was inspired to generosity, as Ian Fisher reported.

Alan C. Greenberg bettered his own life by becoming rich on Wall Street, and yesterday he gave away $1 million of that money to better the lives of other aging men in a very specific way: He will pay for Viagra prescriptions for people who cannot afford them.

“I guess you could say I’m kind of into basics,” said Mr. Greenberg, 70, the chairman of Bear, Stearns Companies, who received a $20 million bonus last year. “And I think it’s something that will give a lot of pleasure to a lot of people.”

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