The Giving Pledge
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| Formation | 2010 |
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| Type | Charitable organization |
Founders | Bill Gates and Warren Buffett |
| Website | givingpledge.org |
The Giving Pledge is a campaign to encourage the wealthy people of the world to contribute their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Description
The organization's goal is to inspire the wealthy people of the world to give the majority of their net worth to philanthropy, either during their lifetime or upon their death. The Pledge is a moral commitment, not a legal contract.[1]
History
In June 2010 the Giving Pledge campaign was formally announced and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett began recruiting members.[2] In 2011 Gates and Buffett met with wealthy individuals in India and China and invited them to join the campaign.[3][4][5] The aggregate wealth of the first 40 pledgers was $125 billion as of August 2010.[6] As of April 2011, 69 billionaires had joined the campaign and given a pledge.[7] In April 2012, The Huffington Post reported that a total of 81 billionaires committed via the campaign.[8] A few of the signatories of the pledge after 2012 include: Hasso Plattner,[9] David Rockefeller,[10] Azim Premji,[11] Richard Branson,[12] Elon Musk, Tim Cook,[13] Sara Blakely,[14] and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.[15] By March 2016, 142 individuals and/or couples were listed as pledgers on the official website.[16]
Pledges
In April 2016 Insatiable Fox reported that $365 billion had been pledged by 139 individuals. Below is a list of all pledges:
| Name | Net Worth (2016) |
| Bill and Melinda Gates | $79,200,000,000 |
| Warren Buffett | $66,700,000,000 |
| Larry Ellison | $49,300,000,000 |
| Michael Bloomberg | $37,200,000,000 |
| Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan | $35,700,000,000 |
| Carl Icahn | $21,300,000,000 |
| Azim Premji | $17,500,000,000 |
| Paul G. Allen | $17,400,000,000 |
| Ray Dalio and Barbara Dalio | $15,600,000,000 |
| Jim and Marilyn Simons | $15,500,000,000 |
| Ronald Perelman | $14,500,000,000 |
| Vladimir Potanin | $13,500,000,000 |
| Elon Musk | $13,000,000,000 |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong and Michele B. Chan | $13,000,000,000 |
| Harold Simmons and Annette Simmons | $10,000,000,000 |
| Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna | $9,900,000,000 |
| Harold Hamm | $9,400,000,000 |
| George Kaiser | $9,300,000,000 |
| Hasso Plattner | $9,100,000,000 |
| Pierre Omidyar and Pam Omidyar | $7,900,000,000 |
| Charles F. Feeney | $7,500,000,000 |
| Eli Broad and Edythe Broad | $7,100,000,000 |
| John A. Sobrato and Susan Sobrato, and their son John Michael Sobrato | $6,700,000,000 |
| Gordon Moore and Betty Moore | $6,600,000,000 |
| Stephen M. Ross | $6,500,000,000 |
| Richard Kinder and Nancy Kinder | $6,200,000,000 |
| Hansjörg Wyss | $6,100,000,000 |
| David Green and Barbara Green | $5,600,000,000 |
| George Lucas and Mellody Hobson | $5,400,000,000 |
| Richard Branson and Joan Branson | $5,100,000,000 |
| Phillip Frost and Patricia Frost | $5,000,000,000 |
| John Sall and Ginger Sall | $4,500,000,000 |
| Jeff Skoll | $4,400,000,000 |
| Samuel Yin | $4,200,000,000 |
| John Doerr and Ann Doerr | $4,100,000,000 |
| Leon G. Cooperman and Toby Cooperman | $3,900,000,000 |
| Dan Gilbert and Jennifer Gilbert | $3,900,000,000 |
| Bernie Marcus and Billi Marcus | $3,800,000,000 |
| Walter Scott, Jr. | $3,800,000,000 |
| Lynn Schusterman | $3,500,000,000 |
| Gordon Gund and Llura Gund | $3,400,000,000 |
| Julian Robertson | $3,400,000,000 |
| David Rockefeller | $3,200,000,000 |
| Yuri Milner | $3,100,000,000 |
| Jorge M. Parez and Darlene Perez | $3,100,000,000 |
| Ian Wood | $3,080,000,000 |
| John Paul DeJoria | $3,000,000,000 |
| Kenneth Langone and Elaine Langone | $3,000,000,000 |
| Jeff Greene and Mei Sze | $3,000,000,000 |
| Henry Samueli and Susan Samueli | $2,900,000,000 |
| Romesh Wadhwani and Kathleen Wadhwani | $2,800,000,000 |
| Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman | $2,800,000,000 |
| David M. Rubenstein | $2,800,000,000 |
| John Caudwell | $2,700,000,000 |
| Bill Ackman and Karen Ackman | $2,600,000,000 |
| Arthur Blank | $2,600,000,000 |
| Edgar M. Bronfman | $2,600,000,000 |
| John D. Arnold and Laura Arnold | $2,600,000,000 |
| Edgar Bronfman, Sr. | $2,500,000,000 |
| Barry Diller and Diane von Farstenberg | $2,500,000,000 |
| Judith Faulkner | $2,500,000,000 |
| Barron Hilton | $2,500,000,000 |
| Michael Milken and Lori Milken | $2,500,000,000 |
| Joe Mansueto and Rika Mansueto | $2,400,000,000 |
| Sunny Varkey | $2,300,000,000 |
| Charles Bronfman | $2,300,000,000 |
| Thomas Secunda and Cindy Secunda | $2,300,000,000 |
| Bob Parsons | $2,200,000,000 |
| Ted Turner | $2,200,000,000 |
| Jonathan M. Nelson | $2,100,000,000 |
| Albert Lee Ueltschi | $2,100,000,000 |
| Nicolas Berggruen | $2,000,000,000 |
| Glenn Dubin and Eva Dubin | $2,000,000,000 |
| George P. Mitchell | $2,000,000,000 |
| Paul E. Singer | $1,920,000,000 |
| Mark Stevens and Mary Stevens | $1,910,000,000 |
| Elie and Susy Horn | $1,900,000,000 |
| Craig and Susan McCaw | $1,840,000,000 |
| Ted Forstmann | $1,800,000,000 |
| Peter George Peterson | $1,770,000,000 |
| Charles Zegar and Merryl Snow | $1,760,000,000 |
| Dato Sri Tahir | $1,740,000,000 |
| Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin | $1,720,000,000 |
| Dave Goldberg and Sheryl Sandberg | $1,700,000,000 |
| Vicki and Roger Sant | $1,700,000,000 |
| Vinod Khosla and Neeru Khosla | $1,690,000,000 |
| Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor | $1,610,000,000 |
| Sir Tom and Lady Marion Hunter | $1,600,000,000 |
| Red McCombs and Charline McCombs | $1,550,000,000 |
| Victor Pinchuk | $1,510,000,000 |
| Manoj Bhargava | $1,500,000,000 |
| Eric Lefkofsky and Liz Lefkofsky | $1,500,000,000 |
| Alfred E. Mann | $1,500,000,000 |
| Ann Gloag | $1,490,000,000 |
| Michael Baron Ashcroft | $1,480,000,000 |
| Andrew Forrest and Nicola Forrest | $1,460,000,000 |
| Patrice Motsepe and Precious Motsepe | $1,450,000,000 |
| Strive Masiyiwa and Tsitsi Masiyiwa | $1,400,000,000 |
| Joe Craft | $1,400,000,000 |
| Hamdi Ulukaya | $1,380,000,000 |
| Seth Klarman and Beth Klarman | $1,380,000,000 |
| Ted and Vada Stanley | $1,300,000,000 |
| Sidney Kimmel | $1,270,000,000 |
| Peter B. Lewis | $1,250,000,000 |
| Steve Case and Jean Case | $1,210,000,000 |
| Joyce and Bill Cummings | $1,200,000,000 |
| H. F. Lenfest and Marguerite Lenfest | $1,200,000,000 |
| Herb and Marion Sandler | $1,200,000,000 |
| Richard Marriott and Nancy Marriott | $1,200,000,000 |
| Irwin M. Jacobs and Joan Jacobs | $1,190,000,000 |
| Vincent Tan | $1,130,000,000 |
| Christopher Hohn | $1,100,000,000 |
| Jon Huntsman, Sr. and Karen Huntsman | $1,100,000,000 |
| John Morgridge and Tashia Morgridge | $1,090,000,000 |
| David Sainsbury | $1,080,000,000 |
| Dr Mo Ibrahim | $1,070,000,000 |
| Sara Blakely | $1,060,000,000 |
| Sanford Weill and Joan Weill | $1,060,000,000 |
| Sue Ann Arnall | $1,000,000,000 |
| T. Boone Pickens | $1,000,000,000 |
| Craig Silverstein and Mary Obelnicki | $1,000,000,000 |
| Margaret and Sylvan Adams | $1,000,000,000 |
| Robert and Arlene Kogod | $1,000,000,000 |
| Denny Sanford | $900,000,000 |
| Tim Cook | $785,000,000 |
| Tad Taube | $650,000,000 |
| Brad Keywell and Kim Keywell | $600,000,000 |
| Steve Bing | $600,000,000 |
| Shelby White | $600,000,000 |
| Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman | $500,000,000 |
| Tom Monaghan | $500,000,000 |
| Arif Naqvi | $500,000,000 |
| Lorry I. Lokey | $300,000,000 |
| Duncan MacMillan and Nancy MacMillan | $300,000,000 |
| John W. Jay Jordan II | $290,000,000 |
| Edward W. and Deedie Potter Rose | $285,000,000 |
| Paul Orfalea and Natalie Orfalea | $250,000,000 |
| Claire and Leonard Tow | $250,000,000 |
| James E. Stowers and Virginia Stowers | $100,000,000 |
| Total | $731,860,000,000 |
References
- ↑ "Forty U.S. billionaires pledge to give half their money to charity". Xinhua News Agency. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Carol Loomis (16 June 2010). "The $600 billion challenge". Fortune (magazine). Time Inc. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ↑ "Buffett recruits the wealthy for charity". CBC.ca. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Leonard, Tom (5 August 2010). "American billionaires pledge fortunes to charity". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ "Gates, Buffet in Delhi with their 'Giving Pledge' - Economic Times". articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com (The Economic Times). 24 March 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ Blackburn, Bradley (4 August 2010). "The Giving Pledge: Billionaires Promise to Donate at Least Half Their Fortunes to Charity". ABC News. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ 10 More U.S. Families Commit to the Giving Pledge , retrieved October 25, 2011
- ↑ "Warren Buffett, Bill Gates Giving Pledge Gets 12 More Billionaires To Commit Over Half Of Their Fortunes", Huffington Post, April 20 2012
- ↑ "SAP Founder Plattner Joins Club of Billionaire Donors". Der Spiegel. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ "Wall Street Doners: David Rockefeller". Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ↑ "Azim Premji first Indian to sign up for Gates-Buffett charity", publisher, 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ↑ Lazo, Alejandro (19 February 2013). "Richard Branson among non-U.S. billionaires joining Giving Pledge". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Apple CEO latest to sign The Giving Pledge". Dial2Donate. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ Forbes:"Spanx Mogul Sara Blakely Becomes First Female Billionaire To Join Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge" by Clare O'Connor Retrieved 7 May 2013
- ↑ "Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Join Giving Pledge". Philanthropy News Digest. December 17, 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ The Giving Pledge :: Pledger Profiles Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ↑ "The Giving Pledge List Reaches $365 Billion". Insatiable Fox. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
External links
- Official website
- Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett in an Exclusive Conversation About 'the Giving Pledge, June 2010
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