Joshua Bevan

Forty billionaires are committing to give at least half of their fortunes to charitable organizations. These men and women fully embody the ‘Earn All You Can, Save All You Can, Give All You Can’ concept. They have worked hard all of their lives (many come from very humble beginnings) and used the gifts they were given to seek out great success.

• Eli and Edythe Broad – Real Estate, Insurance
• Michele Chan and Patrick Soon-Shiong – Biotechnology
• Ann and John Doerr – Venture Capital
• Larry Ellison – Oracle
• Barron Hilton – Hilton Hotels
  

  Warren Buffett and billionaire colleagues pledge to give to charity

• Joan and Irwin Jacobs – Qualcomm
• Lorry I. Lokey – Publishing
• George Lucas – Film Producer, Director
• Alfred E. Mann – Biomedical
• Tashia and John Morgridge – Cisco Systems
• Bernard and Barbro Osher – Savings & Loan
• Herb and Marion Sandler – Savings & Loan
• Jeff Skoll – first president of Ebay
• Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor – Banking
• Bernie and Billi Marcus – Home Depot
• Ted Turner – Media
• Pierre and Pam Omidyar – Ebay founder
• David M. Rubenstein – Investment
• Vicki and Roger Sant – Electrical Power
• Thomas S. Monaghan – Domino’s Pizza
• Jim and Virginia Stowers – Investments/Medical Research
• Warren Buffett – Investments
• Walter Scott, Jr. – Construction, Mining
• Michael R. Bloomberg – News/Media
• Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg – Media Executive
• Elaine and Ken Langone – Home Depot
• Ronald O. Perelman – Venture Capital
• Peter G. Peterson – Investment Banker
• Julian H. Robertson, Jr. – Hedge Fund Manager
  

  Bill and Melinda Gates encourage 40 billionaires to sign Giving Pledge

• David Rockefeller – Oil Industry Heir
• Jim and Marilyn Simons – Hedge Funds
• Sanford and Joan Weill – Banker
• Shelby White – Hedge Funds
• George B. Kaiser – Banker
• Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest – Media Entreprenuer
• Laura and John Arnold – Hedge Fund
• T. Boone Pickens – Oil, Natural Gas Industry
• Jon and Karen Huntsman – Chemical Company
• Paul G. Allen – Microsoft
• Bill and Melinda Gates – Microsoft

Sanford and Joan Weill sign the Giving Pledge

These 40 individuals and families have spent their time dedicated to success. They have amassed great wealth. Now, as Michael Bloomberg writes, they are hoping to “inspire others to give of themselves, whether it be their money or their time.” Many of these billionaires have abstained from leaving huge fortunes to their next of kin. Sanford and Joan Weill write, “We are firm believers that shrouds don’t have pockets.”

In all 40 pledges, the pledge signatories write about the great feeling bestowed upon a giver. Peter G. Peterson writes, “I get much more pleasure giving money to what I consider worthwhile causes than making money in the first place.”

For more information and to read each philanthropist’s full pledge, go to www.givingpledge.org.

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