List: Billionaires who give their money away

They're some of the world’s top philanthropists behind generous foundations

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Jay Hilotin, Senior Assistant Editor
3 MIN READ
1/26
TOP GIVERS: They’s some of the richest people in the world, and also the most generous in giving away their money to charity. Among top philanthropists (clockwise from top left): Jamsetji Tata, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Azim Premji and MacKenzie Scott. Following are the billionaires who donated their wealth to charity, according to data from Edelgive Hurun Top 50 Philanthropists, Forbes, Bloomberg, Berkshire Hathaway, CNN, BBC News and The New York Times.
Gulf News
2/26
Jamsetji Tata: $102.4 Billion donated (India)
Wikicommons
3/26
Bill Gates: $75.8 Billion (US)
AFP / Getty Images
4/26
Warren Buffett: $32.1 Billion (US)
REUTERS
5/26
George Soros: $32 Billion (US)
Bloomberg
6/26
Azim Premji: $21 Billion (India)
Bloomberg
7/26
MacKenzie Scott: $14 Billion (US)
AFP
8/26
Michael Bloomberg: $12.7 Billion (US)
Reuters file
9/26
Li Ka-Shing: $10.7 Billion (China)
AP
10/26
Andrew Carnegie: $9.5 Billion (US)
Archive
11/26
Elon Musk: $7.6 Billion (US)
Reuters
12/26
Charles Francis "Chuck" Feeney: $6.8 Billion (US)
File
13/26
Alisher Usmanov: $5.8 Billion (Russia)
Wikicommons
14/26
The Sainsbury Family: $5 Billion (UK)
15/26
Christopher Hohn: $4.5 Billion (UK)
TCI Fund Management
16/26
Carlos Slim Helu: $4.2 Billion (Mexico)
AFP
17/26
Alwaleed Philanthropies: $4 Billion (Saudi Arabia)
Reuters
18/26
The Weston Family: $2.3 Billion (Canada)
19/26
Phil Knight: $2 Billion (US)
Bloomberg
20/26
James Stowers: $2 Billion (US)
File
21/26
Hansjoerg Wyss: $1.9 Billion (Switzerland)
Harvard
22/26
Howard Hughes: $1.5 Billion (US)
File
23/26
Stephan Schmidheiny: $1.5 Billion (Switzerland)
24/26
Ted Turner: $1 Billion (US)
nti.org
25/26
Vitalik Buterin: $1 Billion (Russia/Canada)
Photographer: Chet Strange/Bloomberg
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Boone Pickens: $500 Million (US)
AP

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