Tech billionaire gives US hermit RM762,804


Lidstone, 81, sits near the Merrimack River in Boscawen, New Hampshire. An off-the-grid hermit known to locals as ‘River Dave’, he had been living in a cabin in the woods along the Merrimack River, in Canterbury, N.H., for nearly three decades. — AP

CONCORD, New Hampshire: A billionaire software company CEO has given a former hermit in New Hampshire US$180,000 (RM762,804) to rebuild his cabin in a new location.

Alexander Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, gave David Lidstone a personal cheque last week, Lidstone’s friend, Jodie Gedeon said on Facebook. A spokesperson for the data analytics software company confirmed the donation to the Concord Monitor.

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