Robin Hood Is Mum on Gala Haul, But It's More Than $54.5 Million
- Exact amount not disclosed, breaking with party’s tradition
- CEO Wes Moore ushers in new era at anti-poverty charity
Paul Tudor Jones speaks on stage during The Robin Hood Foundation's 2018 benefit in New York on May 14, 2018.
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On Monday night, Bill Ackman, KKR’s Scott Nuttall, Dan Och, David Einhorn, Jerry Seinfeld and Travis Kalanick walked onto a red-carpeted fantasy of Times Square, where signs of all shapes and sizes lit up the space: “Tenacity,” ‘Be Kind,” and “Mahalo.”
Of course, guests tend to remember only one billboard: the one that goes up at the end of the dinner with the total amount raised -- $101 million in 2015; $54.5 million last year; $60.1 million in 2016.