Robert F. Smith
via BlackAmeicaWeb: Robert F. Smith, the billionaire who famously stated that he would pay off the student loans of Morehouse’s graduating class of 2019. At the time of the announcement, he shared that he would pay for the debts that the students themselves had incurred. Now, according to Blavity, Smith has vowed to cover the debt the parents took […]
vianewsone: Billionaire Robert F. Smith’s act of kindness has inspired other entrepreneurs across the country to pay it forward. A Black-owned barbershop in North Carolina raised money to help high school seniors pay off their debt so they would be able to graduate, WBTVreported. After seeing Smith’s commencement speech—where he promised to eliminate the student loan […]
via sandrarose: Robert and Hope Smith’s generous pledge to pay off the student loan debt for Morehouse College’s entire 2019 graduating class has inspired a jeweler to gift the grads with $240,000 worth of bling. Sources connected to the billionaire couple tell TMZ that Smith’s philanthropist wife Hope Dworaczyk Smith was contacted by Jadelle Beverly Hills to create a […]
via news5: Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off the student-loan debt for the historically black college’s graduating class. “My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” he told the newly minted graduates in […]