He’s also on Apple’s board of directors. I doubt any of them are hurting financially either.
Here is the short bio Reuters has for Mr. Gore
Mr. AI Gore is an Independent Director of Apple Inc. Mr. Gore has served as Chairman of Generation Investment Management, an investment management firm, since 2004, and as a partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, since 2007. Mr. Gore is also Chairman of The Climate Reality Project. Mr. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives four times, to the U.S. Senate two times, and served two terms as Vice President of the United States.
Algor’s association with Apple has been very profitable:
http://fortune.com/2017/02/26/al-gore-apple-stock-sell/
Algor’s failed media venture, Current TV, was sold to Al Jazeera in a $500 million deal: