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It consists of the 50 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations such as charitable trusts that have disclosed their assets. In many countries, asset disclosure is not legally required or made public. Only nonprofit foundations are included in this list.
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik [a] (born June 14, 1957) is a Soviet/Ukrainian-born British-American businessman and philanthropist. In 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $32.1 billion, ranking him the 52nd-richest person in the world. [2] [3] In 2017, Blavatnik received a knighthood for services to philanthropy. [4]
Jimmy Donaldson ("MrBeast") – YouTuber and founder of Beast Philanthropy, a YouTube channel known for its charitable videos. Also collaborated in two fundraising challenge events known as Team Trees and Team Seas which aimed to raise $20 million and $30 million USD in return of planting 20 million trees and removing 30 million pounds of trash ...
A little over a century ago, in 1916, legendary robber baron John D. Rockefeller became the world's first billionaire -- probably. Before the age of computerized records and the internet, measuring...
The richest person on the planet became the richest man in financial history this week, and on the same day, the third-richest person in the world gave about 4 percent of his wealth away. The ...
Li is also a philanthropist, donating billions of dollars to charity and various other philanthropic causes, and owning the second largest private foundation in the world after Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [14] [15] In 2019, Forbes put Li in the list of most generous philanthropists outside of the US. [16] [17] [18]
A look around Donaldson's room gives a peak into the young philanthropist's aims—be it in his content career or the wider business world. Donaldson also founded MrBeast Burger , which broke a ...
Julia Margaret Flesher Koch (born April 12, 1962) is an American socialite and philanthropist who is one of the richest women in the world. In the Forbes ranking for September 2024, her fortune was over $74 billion. [1] She inherited her fortune from her husband, David Koch, who died in 2019.