About Bach Foundation

This is not charity.

Charity flatters the giver while leaving the receiver still begging.

I believe in something greater: empowerment.

Returning to society the gift that once made my giving possible is not “giving” — it is a satisfaction that money cannot buy.

Society was not always kind to me, but what truly matters is not the hardships of the beginning, but the glory of the journey’s end.

I met many bad people who did bad things to me. But they are gone.

The good people — those who helped, believed, and empowered me — made me win.

Not everything in business was shiny and bright. I built many ventures, startups, and innovations that completely failed. I lost money, time, and sometimes even hope. But the few that succeeded became far greater than all the failures combined.

I started working at fifteen — washing dishes, cleaning stairways, playing piano for ballet students, selling flowers and fruit at junctions, and delivering newspapers at dawn — all just to buy my first computer. It cost more than a car, and nobody believed a kid should have one.

I eventually retired at thirty-six — and that was a long time ago. Since then, I’vededicated my time not only to building new things, but to sharing them. Everything I created, I shared — and in most cases, it worked better than I could have imagined.

And the funny thing is: since I started sharing instead of chasing, my wealth grew faster than ever. The more I gave, the more I received — just like that. That’s when I finally understood the timeless truth: “No one ever became poor by giving.”

When I was poor — and even later, when I had some “show-off” money — I never shared what I earned with anyone. I worked hard for it. It was mine alone. But when I finally reached the point where I had more than I — and my children, and their children — could ever spend, I began to ask myself a dangerous question: What’s the point of accumulating more than I need — to buy more things I don’t need, to impress people I don’t even like?

So I started donating. Money. And I quickly learned that most of it went to “management” and “overhead,” not to the people who actually needed help. That’s when I decided to build something different — a foundation that doesn’t give money, but gives people the power, the knowledge, and the tools to earn it.

I founded the Bach Foundation as a new kind of giving initiative — one that paves the road to success for others. One that teaches people to fish instead of handing them fish for lunch. I don’t give the fish. I give the fishing stick. I don’t give temporary help — I create lifelong opportunity.

And here we are.

The Bach Foundation exists to prove that wealth is not what we take with us to the grave, but what we leave forward behind. Because real wealth is not hidden in tax havens, loopholes, or political donations that feed waste and corruption. Real wealth is proven when we share the gifts we were given — joyfully, and sometimes even dangerously generously — with those who need them most, just as I once did.

This is the only tax I am happy to pay — a tax not to enrich politicians, but to enrich people: those who need it, deserve it, and will use it to make the world a better place. To lift them. To arm them with knowledge. To pass the torch forward. That’s the circle I close.

I was born hungry. Society fed me. Now giving back is my moral duty — to repay the debt to the society that once lifted me.

The projects I lead today focus on promoting peace and human comfort through technology, innovation, and education. I use the knowledge, experience, and creativity I’ve gathered over a lifetime to empower people who need it, deserve it, and are driven to make the world better — by improving not just their own lives, but the lives of others.

This is not charity — no one needs to thank me. Just as I never had the chance to thank all the good people who helped me in my difficult, poor, and miserable times.

Empowering others gives me more joy and fulfillment than money could ever buy. So I thank everyone who gives me the opportunity to rise by lifting others.