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Americans Confirmed as the World's Biggest Philanthropists
The world’s top philanthropists are all from the US, according to a list of last year’s 15 biggest donations published by the Financial Time...
The world’s top philanthropists are all from the US, according to a list of last year’s 15 biggest donations published by the Financial Times. It’s no surprise that Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway’s chief executive officer tops the list with his extraordinary and much publicised $31 billion pledge to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Next on the list appear Herbert and Marion Sandler, co-chief executive officers of Golden West Financial Corporation who donated $1.3 billion to the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation of San Francisco. Bernard Osher, co-founder of Golden West Financial Corporation Purpose gave $723.2 million to his eponymous foundations also based in San Francisco. For the record, the other donations were: Jim Joseph, Interland Corporation founder, $500 million to San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation. David Rockefeller, retired chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, $225 million to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in New York. Private investor Mary Joan Palevsky gave $200 million to Los Angeles California Community Foundation. Filmmaker George Lucas gave $175 million to his Lucasfilm Foundation. T. Boone Pickens, founder of BP Capital Management gave $135 million to establish the T. Boone Pickens Foundation in Dallas. Nike chairman Philip Knight gave $105 million to Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Peter Lewis, chairman of the Progressive Corporation donated $101 million to Princeton University. John Arrillaga, co-founder of Peery Arrillaga gave $100 million to Stanford University. Dan Duncan, chairman of Enterprise Products gave $100 million to Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine. Larry Ellison, Oracle chief executive officer gave $100 million to his Maryland-based Medical Foundation. Ronald Stanton, chairman of Transammonia pledged $100 million to Yeshiva University in New York. Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher and real-estate developer pledged $100 million to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
