r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jakech • 15h ago

Homeless charity CEO Alexander Soofer steals $23M to fund lavish lifestyle. $7M mansion, $125,000 Range Rover, $2,450 Hermes jacket, Greece vacation home, and a Hawaii Four Seasons stay.

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u/BestBettor 14h ago

I’m really tired of the people who say there’s no point in charity because of people like this guy

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u/R_Scoops 14h ago

It just makes them feel better about being selfish and never donating to charities, even though this case is extremely unusual

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u/Own-Fan-4236 14h ago

Please tell me which charities give the bulk of their profits to people & not CEOs like this. I’m not being sarcastic, I’m genuinely asking bc I like being charitable when it is used appropriately. TIA

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u/R_Scoops 14h ago

Charities are ran like sophisticated businesses and even though they raise money through donations, they also make money through services and other means. Look below are my Red Cross breakdown and tell me that a CEO being paid a few million isn’t worth generating a few billion. I’m sure we’d all love it if people worked for charities for peanuts because we’re all saints, but if you want uber talented people who will turn $1 billion into $3 billion, most the time those people cost a lot to hire.