Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell together pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children.

The couple’s unprecedented donation will be the largest ever devoted to the nation’s youth, according to Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group partnered with the Dells.

Dell, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies, told CNBC in an interview just what sparked the act of philanthropy:

We know that when children have accounts like this, they’re much more likely to graduate from high school, from college, buy a home, start a business and less likely to be incarcerated.

The pair’s commitment underscores a new federal government program that allows parents to open tax-adv

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