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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Since Bill Gates and Warren Buffett made The Giving Pledge campaign public, philanthropy has come to the limelight.
These two men managed to pursue over 81 billionaires to commit at least half of their fortunes to charity four years back. Since then, the list has been constantly expanding.
Let’s take a look at some of these wealthy families that are giving away their fortune to save the planet.
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Bill & Melinda Gates
Rank: 1
Net worth: $74 billion
Total giving 2012: $1.9 billion (2.6 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $28 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Warren Buffett
Rank: 2
Net worth: $58.7 billion
Total giving 2012: $1.87 billion (3.2 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $25 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
George Soros
Rank: 3
Net worth: $20 billion
Total giving 2012: $763 million (3.2 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $10 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Mark Zuckerberg
Rank: 4
Net worth: $23.4 billion
Total giving 2012: $519 million (2.2 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $549 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Walton Family
Rank: 5
Net worth: $144.4 billion
Total giving 2012: $432 million (0.3 per cent% of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $4.6 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Eli & Edythe Broad
Rank: 6
Net worth: $6.9 billion
Total giving 2012: $376 million ($5.5 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $3.5 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Michael Bloomberg
Rank: 7
Net worth: $31 billion
Total giving 2012: $370 million (1.2 per cent of net worth
Lifetime giving: $2.4 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Paul Allen
Rank: 8
Net worth: $15.9 billion
Total giving 2012: $327.7 million (2.1 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $2 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Chuck Feeney
Rank: 9
Net worth: $2 million
Total giving 2012: $313 million (15,650 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $6.3 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Gordon & Betty Moore
Rank: 10
Net worth: $4.9 billion
Total giving 2012: $250.5 million (5.1 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $2.3 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
James & Marilyn Simons
Rank: 11
Net worth: $12 billion
Total giving 2012: $213 million (1.8 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: N/A
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
John & Laura Arnold
Rank: 12
Net worth: $2.8 billion
Total giving 2012: $204.4 million (7.2 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $340.1 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Carl Icahn
Rank: 13
Net worth: $20.3 billion
Total giving 2012: $200 million (1 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: N/A
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
David Koch
Rank: 14
Net worth: $36 billion
Total giving 2012: $169 million (0.5 per% of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $1.2 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Julian Robertson Jr.
Rank: 15
Net worth: $3.1 billion
Total giving 2012: $145.8 million (4.7 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $1 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Sheldon & Dr. Miriam Adelson
Rank: 16
Net worth: $34 billion
Total giving 2012: $144.8 million (4.7 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $469.5 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Stephen Bechtel, Jr
Rank: 17
Net worth: $3.4 billion
Total giving 2012: $102.5 million (3 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $316.6 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Michael & Susan Dell
Rank: 18
Net worth: $15.9 billion
Total giving 2012: $100 million (0.6 per cent net worth)
Lifetime giving: $914.4 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Hansjorg Wyss
Rank: 19
Net worth: $10 billion
Total giving 2012: $93 million (0.9 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $470 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
J. Wayne & Delores Barr Weaver
Rank: 20
Net worth: N/A
Total giving 2012: $91 million
Lifetime giving: $145 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
William Barron Hilton
Rank: 21
Net worth: $800 million
Total giving 2012: $83 million (10.4 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $1 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Jon Sr. & Karen Huntsman
Rank: 22
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Total giving 2012: $76.8 million (7 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $1.3 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Steve & Alexandra Cohen
Rank: 23
Net worth: $9.3 billion
Total giving 2012: $76.2 million (0.8 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $312.9 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
George Kaiser
Rank: 24
Net worth: $10 billion
Total giving 2012: $72 million (0.7 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $525 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Pierre & Pamela Omidyar
Rank: 25
Net worth: $8.4 billion
Total giving 2012: $69 million (0.8 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $1 billion
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Mortimer Zuckerman
Rank: 26
Net worth: $2.3 billion
Total giving 2012: $64 million (2.8 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $350 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
William Conway, Jr.
Rank: 27
Net worth: $2.8 billion
Total giving 2012: $55 million (2 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $250 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Jeffrey Skoll
Rank: 28
Net worth: $3.8 billion
Total giving 2012: $50.4 million (1.3 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $451.8 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Robert & Janice McNair
Rank: 29
Net worth: $2 billion
Total giving 2012: $50.3 million (2.5 per cent of net worth)
Lifetime giving: $257.2 million
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Billionaires with a heart of gold
Herbert Sandler
Rank: 30
Net worth: N/A
Total giving 2012: $50.3 million
Lifetime giving: $600 million