--- title: A $1.8B startup sale made him wealthy—now he plans to... description: Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which sold for $1.8 billion in 2021, plans to donate half his net worth within the next five years. He has already... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-1-8b-startup-sale-made-him-wealthy-now-he-plans-to-donate-half-his-net-worth-the-american-dream-lde3dounb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A $1.8B startup sale made him wealthy—now he plans to donate half his net worth: ‘The American Dream isn’t just about getting rich’ | daily.dev og:description: Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which sold for $1.8 billion in 2021, plans to donate half his net worth within the next five years. He has already... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-1-8b-startup-sale-made-him-wealthy-now-he-plans-to-donate-half-his-net-worth-the-american-dream-lde3dounb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lDE3DoUnB.png og:image:alt: A $1.8B startup sale made him wealthy—now he plans to donate half his net worth: ‘The American Dream isn’t just about getting rich’ og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A $1.8B startup sale made him wealthy—now he plans to donate half his net worth: ‘The American Dream isn’t just about getting rich’ **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which sold for $1.8 billion in 2021, plans to donate half his net worth within the next five years. He has already made substantial donations to nonprofits and is concerned about wealth inequality and barriers to the American Dream. Atwood's urgency in giving contrasts with other philanthropists, like Warren Buffett, who plan to donate much of their wealth posthumously. Atwood's dedication to philanthropy echoes efforts by other major donors who focus on impactful and effective charitable giving. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@gracedorgan** · 0 upvotes > really admirable --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-1-8b-startup-sale-made-him-wealthy-now-he-plans-to-donate-half-his-net-worth-the-american-dream-lde3dounb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A $1.8B startup sale made him wealthy—now he plans to donate half his net worth: ‘The American Dream isn’t just about getting rich’","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-1-8b-startup-sale-made-him-wealthy-now-he-plans-to-donate-half-his-net-worth-the-american-dream-lde3dounb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-1-8b-startup-sale-made-him-wealthy-now-he-plans-to-donate-half-his-net-worth-the-american-dream-lde3dounb"},"datePublished":"2025-01-22T15:22:15.297Z","dateModified":"2025-01-22T15:22:30.171Z","description":"Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which sold for $1.8 billion in 2021, plans to donate half his net worth within the next five years. 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