10 Most Generous Billionaires In The World

Mark Zuckerberg: Mark
Zuckerberg is one of the
youngest self-made billionaires
in the world. The Facebook
founder signed the Giving
Pledge. He promised to share at
least half of his wealth in his
lifetime.
He has already donated $1.6
billion. Last year, Zuckerberg and
his wife Priscilla disbursed $25
million to help fight Ebola.

Micheal Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is the
founder and CEO of Bloomberg
Media, the former Mayor of New
York City and the founder of the
Bloomberg Foundation. His
foundation provided donations
to the John Hopkins University,
the World Lung Foundation, the
World Health Organization, the
Sierra Club Foundation, and the
John Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health. He’s donated in
total $3 billion to charities.

Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim is one of the richest
self-madebillionaires in the
world. He is one of the three
richest men in the world.
Through the different
foundations he is involved in, he
has donated $4 billion to
charities so far.

Gordon Moore
Gordon Moore is the co-founder
of Intel. He retired from his
corporate positions in 2006 and
is nowadays very involved in
philanthropy with his wife.
Together, they run the Gordon
and Betty Moore Foundation and
have already donated $5 billion
to campaigns supporting
environmental conservation,
patient care, and science.

Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al
Rajhi
Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
co-founded Al Rajhi Bank in 1957
with his three brothers. The
bank has grown into one of
largest Islamic banks in the
world. The Al Rajhi family is
considered to be among Saudi
Arabia’s richest non-royal family.
In 2011, Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz
Al Rajhi announced that he was
donating most of his then $7.7
billion fortune to charity. So far,
he has donated $5.7 billion.

Charles Francis
Charles Francis Feeney is often
called the “James Bond of
philanthropy.” He made his
fortune as a co-founder of the
Duty-Free Shoppers Group.
Determined to give away his
entire fortune, the philanthropist
who has a current net worth of
$1.5 million, has already
donated $6.3 billion to charities.
His foundations support
education, science, healthcare,
and civil rights across several
countries, including the US,
Vietnam, and Bermuda.

Azim Premji
Azim Premji is an Indian
business tycoon, investor, and
philanthropist. He is the
chairman of Wipro Limited, an IT
consulting company. He was the
first Indian to sign the Giving
Pledge. “I strongly believe that
those of us, who are privileged
to have wealth, should
contribute significantly to try and
create a better world for the
millions who are far less
privileged,” he once said. So far,
he donated $8 billion of his
wealth.

George Soros
The Hungarian-born investor,
author, and philanthropist is the
chairman of Soros Fund
Management. He is nicknamed
The Man Who Broke the Bank of
England because he short sold
$10 billion worth of British
pounds and made a profit of $1
billion. It was during 1992’s Black
Wednesday UK currency crisis.
He has donated $8 billion to
charities in the community
development, social services,
health, and education sectors.

Warren Buffet
The chairman and CEO Berkshire
Hathaway, Warren Buffett is one
of the very wealthy and generous
people in the world. To date, he
has donated $21.5 billion. In
2006, he pledged to donate 85%
of his wealth to the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, and
to other foundations set up by
family members.

Bill Gates
Throughout his lifetime, Bill
Gates has made $27 billion
worth of donations. He spends
most of his time managing
philanthropic projects under the
umbrella of the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. Gates co-
founded Microsoft, which
became the world’s largest
software company.

Source: Afrizap

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