A student who made more than $30,000 from shares in Gamestop has gone viral on social media this week after they used the money they'd earned to buy games consoles for a children's hospital.
According to CNN, Cornell University mechanical engineering student Hunter Kahn was one of a number of Reddit investors who shocked Wall Street to its core last week after shorting on and inflating the price of stocks for the US videogame store chain Gamestop.
After purchasing GameStop stock to join the movement, Khan managed to make over $30,000 through his investment.
However, rather than keep the entire sum for himself, he kindly donated a total of $2,000 to the Children's Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis and purchased multiple Nintendo Switch consoles and games to keep the sick patients in the wards amused.
Take a look at the inspiring post below:Khan then took to Instagram to share three images of himself handing out his gifts to the hospital. In the post's caption, he wrote:
"As a beneficiary of the recent events on Wall Street I think it is important that myself and others pay forward our good fortune.
"These events have highlighted a lot of corruption and with this transfer of power it is important that we don’t become men in suits ourselves.
"I am proud to announce my humble donation of 6 Nintendo Switches and games to go with them to the Children’s Minnesota Hospital. Cant Stop. Won’t Stop. [sic]"
Suffice it to say that Khan's kind gesture touched the hearts of a number of other social media users, and his post currently boasts over 1,000 comments as of the time of writing.
For instance, one person wrote: "Hope you did it formally so you can get that sweet tax writeoff."
Another Instagram user wrote: "Market man turned philanthropist."
A third commenter chimed in: "This is so nice, ur awesome dude. [sic]"
A very grateful parent of a patient of the hospital wrote: "As a mom of a little boy with half a heart who is in and out of the Minneapolis Children's heart floor for surgeries, I cannot thank you enough for your generosity.
"I have no doubt my boy will put those games to goos use in his future. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
Meanwhile, another person wrote: "I was admitted [to] a children's hospital and some of my only good memories there were the videogames. Mind you it was N64 back then! But anyway, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Karma will be good to you."
Finally, someone else wrote: "Thank you!! My son went through chemo there in 2018 9 (he's doing great now) & we have friends that are impatient all the time, this makes such a big difference for them while they are there! [sic]"
In an official statement, the president of the Children's Minnesota Foundation Jennifer Soderholm told CNN: "We're so grateful for this generous donation that will help bring joy to kids at our hospitals, especially during these challenging times."
"It's inspiring to see young people in our community choosing to give back and pay it forward."
Meanwhile, Khan himself stated: "There's no group of people more deserving of receiving a bunch of video games than some kids going through a hard time."
He added that he is still holding on to the original 50 shares that he bought for just $30, and plans to use the rest of his earnings to pay off his college tuition fees.
