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25 Li Ka Shing Foundation Hong Kong: Hong Kong: $8.3 billion HK$64.4 billion 1980 [29] 26 The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust United States: New York City: $8.3 billion 1999 [30] 27 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust United States: Battle Creek, Michigan: $8.2 billion 1930 [31] 28 Jacobs Foundation Switzerland: Zürich: $7.6 billion
George Peabody – founder of numerous charitable institutions in the United States and United Kingdom [25] George Soros – estimated to have donated more than US$32 billion, often through the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations; Godwin Maduka – doctor and founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion , up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [ 1 ]
Marie Dageville and her husband Benoit Dageville became billionaires overnight when his data cloud company, Snowflake, went public in September 2020. ... Philanthropy Billionaire Giving. Marie ...
When hedge fund billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman donated $100 million to the New York Public Library, the venerable institution rewarded him by renaming its main branch in his honor.
At least 175 people committed to donating a majority of their fortunes through the Giving Pledge, which could be worth as much as $600 billion by 2022.
The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022, the pledge has had 236 signatories from 28 countries. [1]
George Bruce Kaiser (born July 29, 1942) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of September 2021, he is the 476th richest person in the world [1] and was, in 2012, one of the top 50 American philanthropists. [3]