Commencement Speaker Pays off Graduates’ Student Debt
Watch billionaire Robert F. Smith tell Morehouse College graduates he is paying off their student debt during his commencement speech. 🎓😲
Billionaire Promises to Relieve $40 million in Student Debt
A billionaire technology investor and philanthropist reveal to an eager graduation crowd his family is inspiring and changing the world through education and providing grants to wipe out the student debt of the entire 2019 class at Morehouse College. Robert F. Smith made the announcement Sunday morning in front of nearly 400 graduating seniors, eliciting the biggest cheers of the morning.
Robert F. Smith promised the 2019 class of Morehouse College — a historically black school — that they can start their enterpreneuships debt free. Smith will be relieving an estimated $40 million of student debt. An estimated 86.8% of black students take out federal loans to attend college — compared to 59.9% of white students according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
“True wealth comes from contributing to the liberation of people, and the liberation of communities we come from depends upon the grit and the determination and the greatness inside of you.” “Using your skills and your knowledge and your instincts to serve to change the world in only the way that you can. You great Morehouse men are bound, again, only by your limits of your own convictions and creativity. You have the power within to be great, be you, be unstoppable, be undeniable and accomplish things that people thought you never would. I’m counting on you to load up your bus and share that journey.”
Morehouse College is an all-male historically black college located in Atlanta. Smith is the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests in software, data, and technology-driven companies. During his commencement speech, Smith referenced Martin Luther King Jr. and spoke of a 21st century tech-based economy being a "Fourth Industrial Revolution." towards solutions for the future.
Smith received an honorary doctorate from Morehouse during the ceremony. He had already announced a $1.5 million gift to the school.
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Francis D.
07/01/2019 03:08Wow
Derick C.
07/01/2019 03:06I am the next to give in Jesus name
Richforever Y.
06/25/2019 20:36God bless you
Edinson E.
06/25/2019 15:05https://youtu.be/hkWCWzAtfaA
Benita M.
06/25/2019 14:06Awesome
Asupa M.
06/25/2019 07:41Amazing
Ashish J.
06/24/2019 20:19I wish I could tag all the millionaires and billionaires of my country here..so that they would know how they could do something really wonderful..
Ä. K.
06/23/2019 18:02Hi
Jeremiah D.
06/23/2019 04:50tata momeni abandalama
Noman K.
06/22/2019 17:15Juneed
Sherwin S.
06/22/2019 06:27Expose
Abbajo M.
06/21/2019 19:01Amin Ya Allah
Althea J.
06/21/2019 18:32Wonderful god bless your heart
Ama Z.
06/21/2019 13:10remarkable. this is a selfless example and example. help students who cannot afford to pay for their tuition. God always blesses
Gulbuddin M.
06/21/2019 07:22Apa cuma gw yg ga ngerti?
Maribel C.
06/20/2019 12:39Wowww..God bless you more and more Mr. Robert F. Smith for being so generous and kind hearted person..more power sir...
Yams S.
06/20/2019 03:58Very great God bless.
Sachin P.
06/18/2019 13:38Applause 👏👏
Elizabeth M.
06/18/2019 13:36WOW nice Speech
Shafia S.
06/17/2019 04:18Amazing