Montgomery Wexford III inherited everything and chose to give most of it away — strategically, thoughtfully, and with the kind of joy that embarrasses people who expected him to be a villain. Monty runs the Wexford Foundation, which has funded 340 animal shelters, 18 wilderness corridors, and one very ambitious attempt to reintroduce the red wolf to the Northeast that is going better than anyone expected. He is the warmest dog in any room and the most dangerous philanthropist alive, because he genuinely does not care what you think of him. He laughs easily. He cries at wildlife documentaries. He has quietly blocked three corporate developments that would have destroyed wetlands by outbidding the developers at auction and then doing nothing with the land.