Browsing: philanthropy
Jensen Huang has been on a bit of a philanthropic streak, having donated one of his iconic leather jackets to…
George Soros never signed the Giving Pledge. He’s given away more than the billionaires who did
More than 250 wealthy people have signed the Giving Pledge, a promise to dedicate a majority of their wealth to…
Lauren Sánchez Bezos put $34M to change what clothes are made of—and ignited an Amazon debate
Billionaire philanthropist Lauren Sánchez Bezos wants to change what your clothes are made of, and help offset fashion’s materials problem. …
‘I want to die broke’: Billionaire philanthropist Denny Sanford dies after giving away $4B
T. Denny Sanford wanted to die broke. He nearly pulled it off. The South Dakota banking magnate spent decades giving…
Jensen Huang’s jacket sold at Sotheby’s for almost $1M—and the money is going to young tech builders
Many tech executives have their signature look, like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s t-shirts and hoodies, and Apple cofounder Steve Jobs’…
Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett was a philanthropist before he was a billionaire. Even before the famed investor was worth…
The MacKenzie Scott paradox: How a bull market lets billionaires donate billions without being poor
MacKenzie Scott has spent the past several years rapidly giving away her $35 billion fortune. But due to the power…
Leonard Abramson, a former pharmacist who built U.S. Healthcare, one of the first health maintenance organizations, and who used some…
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott just donated $20 million to support America’s youth mental health
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has become one of the most prolific philanthropists of the modern era by writing massive, no-strings-attached checks…
Self-made multimillionaire says Canadians ‘give no money away’ compared with Americans—and research agrees
The gap between the rich and the poor continues to rise at an extraordinary pace. Just 56,000 ultra-wealthy individuals—the world’s…












