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The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett , to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022[update] [1] billionaires , and as of 2023, their pledges are estimated at a total of US$600 billion.[2] [needs update However, there is no enforcement mechanism (signing the letter is an intention, not a formal commitment), and no restrictions on the charitable causes that signatories are allowed to support.
Description [ edit ]
The organization's stated goal is to inspire the wealthy people of the world to give at least half of their net worth to philanthropy, either during their lifetime or upon their death. The pledge is a public gesture of an intention to give, not a legal contract.[3] [4]
History [ edit ]
In June 2010, the Giving Pledge campaign was formally announced and Bill Gates , Melinda French Gates , and Warren Buffett began recruiting members.[5] [6] [7] The Huffington Post [8] [4] [9] [needs update Not all pledgers are billionaires.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was removed from the list in December 2022 following his arrest.[10]
Banker T. Denny Sanford had his name removed from the list in May 2023 following the unsealing of court documents about his possible involvement with child pornography.[11]
The Giving Pledge was cited as inspiration for the Jewish Future Pledge , a charitable campaign launched in 2020 to encourage American Jews to give at least half of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes.[12]
List of notable pledgers [ edit ]
Net worth is as of 2022 for notable signers. A full list of pledgers is available online. [13]
Name
Net worth in billion $US
Source of wealth
Industry
Year of pledge
Year of death
Elon Musk
184.7[14]
Tesla , SpaceX
Electric vehicles, Rocketry
2012
Larry Ellison
148.7[15]
Oracle
Tech
2010
Warren Buffett
131.5[16]
Berkshire Hathaway
Finance & Investments
2010
Bill Gates 128.9[17]
Microsoft Software, Tech
2010
Mark Zuckerberg
176[18]
Meta Platforms
Tech
2010
MacKenzie Scott
55 Amazon
Tech
2019
Azim Premji
32.8
Wipro
Tech
2013
Vladimir Potanin
31.4[19]
interros
Investment
2013
Jim Simons
25.2
Renaissance Technologies
Finance & Investments
2010
2024
Dustin Moskovitz
24.04
Facebook
Tech
2010
Carl Icahn
22 Icahn Enterprises
Finance & Investments
2010
Pierre Omidyar
21.8
eBay
Tech
2010
Andrew Forrest
20.8 (2023)[20]
Fortescue Metals Group
Mining
2013[21]
John Doerr
12.7[22]
Kleiner Perkins
Finance & Investments
2010
Patrick Soon-Shiong
11.5
Abraxane , investments
Healthcare
2010
Melinda French Gates
11.4
Microsoft
Tech
2010
Jack Dangermond
9.2
ESRI
Geoinformatics, Environment
2016
Cliff Obrecht and Melanie Perkins
9.2
Canva
Tech
2021
George Lucas
8.59
Lucasfilm
Media
2010
Nikhil Kamath
8 Zerodha
Finance & Investments
2023
Charles Feeney
8 [23] DFS Group
luxury retail
2011
2023
George Kaiser
7.6
Kaiser-Francis Oil Company
Energy
2010
Judith Faulkner
7.5[24]
Epic Systems
Tech
2015[25]
Yuri Milner
6.8[26]
DST Global
Technology investing
2013
Henry Samueli 6.7
Broadcom Corporation Tech
2011
Jeffrey Skoll
6.1
eBay
Tech
2010
Mitchell and Emily Wei Rales
5.4
Danaher Corporation
Business
2019
Bernard Marcus
4.5[27] [28]
The Home Depot
Retail
2010
Barron Hilton
4.5
Hilton Worldwide
Services
2010
2019
David Green
4.5
Hobby Lobby
Retail
2010
Jeff Green
4.4
AdECN
Tech
2021
Ronald Perelman
4.3
MacAndrews & Forbes
Finance & Investments
2010
David Rubenstein
4.3
The Carlyle Group
Finance & Investments
2010
Walter Scott Jr.
4.2
Berkshire Hathaway
Finance & Investments
2010
2021
Julian Robertson
4.1
Tiger Management
Finance & Investments
2010
2022
Anil Agrawal
4 Vedanta Resources
Mining
2021
Thomas Secunda
3.6[29]
Bloomberg L.P
Tech
2010
B. R. Shetty
3.5
NMC Health
Healthcare
2018
David Rockefeller
3.3
Standard Oil , inheritance
Energy
2010
2017
Ken Langone
3.3
The Home Depot
Retail
2010
Bill Ackman 2.8
Pershing Square Capital Management Finance & Investments
2012
Charles Zegar
2.8[30]
Bloomberg L.P
Tech
2010
Peter G. Peterson
2.8
Blackstone Group
Finance & Investments
2010
2018
Garrett Camp [31] 2.7
Uber
Tech
2017
Brian Armstrong 2.6
Coinbase Cryptocurrency
2018
Ted Turner
2.4[32]
Cable News Network
Media
2010
Herbert and Marion Sandler
2.4
Golden West Financial Corporation
Finance & Investments
2010
Gerry Lenfest and Marguerite Lenfest
2.4
Lenfest Communications
Media
2010
2018
T. Denny Sanford
2.2
First PREMIER Bank
Finance & Investments
2010
James E. Stowers
2 [33] Twentieth Century Mutual Funds
Finance & Investments
2010
Tom Steyer
1.6
Farallon Capital
Finance & Investments
2010
George P. Mitchell
1.6
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp
Energy
2010
Ted Forstmann
1.6
Forstmann Little & Company
Finance & Investments
2010
Jon Huntsman Sr.
1.5
Huntsman Corporation
Manufacturing
2010
Mark Pincus 1.4
Zynga Tech
2022
Sidney Kimmel
1.4
Jones Apparel Group
Fashion & Cosmetics
2010
Irwin M. Jacobs
1.2
Qualcomm
Tech
2010
Bernard Osher
1.1[34]
Golden West Financial Corporation
Finance & Investments
2010
Duncan MacMillan
1.1
Bloomberg L.P
Tech
2010
Lorry I. Lokey
1 Business Wire
Media
2010
2022
Sanford I. Weill
1 [35] Shearson Loeb Rhoades
Finance & Investments
2010
John Morgridge
1 Cisco Systems
Tech
2010
Tom Monaghan
1 Domino's Pizza
Food & Beverage
2010
Lyda Hill
1 Hunt Oil Company , inheritance
Energy
2010
Anne Wojcicki
0.8
23andMe
Genealogy
2022
Shelby White
0.6[citation needed
Leon Levy , Odyssey Partners
Finance & Investments
2010
T. Boone Pickens
0.5
Mesa Petroleum, BP Capital Management
Energy, Finance & Investments
2010
2019
See also [ edit ]
Charitable organization
Earning to give
Effective altruism
List of members of the Forbes 400
Philanthrocapitalism
The World's Billionaires
Venture philanthropy
Giving What We Can
References [ edit ]
^ "Global Billionaire Population: The Billionaire Census 2018" . Wealth-X . Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2020 .
^ "Forty U.S. billionaires pledge to give half their money to charity" . Xinhua News Agency . 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010 . A statement from the Giving Pledge website said "the pledge is a moral commitment to give, not a legal contract."
^ a b The Giving Pledge :: Pledger Profiles Archived 2017-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 May 2017
^ Carol Loomis (16 June 2010). "The $600 billion challenge" . Fortune Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016 .
^ Blackburn, Bradley (4 August 2010). "The Giving Pledge: Billionaires Promise to Donate at Least Half Their Fortunes to Charity" . ABC News Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2010 .
^ 10 More U.S. Families Commit to the Giving Pledge [1 ] , retrieved 25 October 2011
^ " . Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012 .
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^ Alexander, Sophie (2022-12-14). "Sam Bankman-Fried Cut From Giving Pledge Website After Arrest" . Bloomberg L.P Archived from the original on 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2023-08-05 .
^ McEvoy, Jemima (25 September 2023). "Billionaire T. Denny Sanford Cut From The Giving Pledge After Child Porn Probe Documents Released" . Forbes Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023 .
^ Oster, Marcy (2020-05-14). "New Jewish giving pledge takes a page from Gates and Buffett initiative" . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Archived from the original on 2023-10-09. Retrieved 9 October 2023 .
^ "Pledgers" . The Giving Pledge . Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 .
^ "Elon Musk" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2024-04-16 .
^ "Larry Ellison" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2024-04-16 .
^ "Warren Buffett" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2024-04-16 .
^ "Bill Gates" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2024-04-16 .
^ "Mark Zuckerberg" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2024-04-16 .
^ "Vladimir Potanin" . Bloomberg Billionaires Index . 22 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 .
^ "Andrew Forrest" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-02-24 .
^ Robin, Myriam (2013-02-20). "Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest pledges to give away half his wealth" . SmartCompany . Archived from the original on 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-02-24 .
^ "John Doerr" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2024-04-16 .
^ Dwyer, Jim (2017-01-05). " . The New York Times Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-05 .
^ "Judy Faulkner" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-15 .
^ "Judy Faulkner – The Giving Pledge" . The Giving Pledge . Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-15 .
^ "Yuri Milner" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
^ Denham, Hannah (2019-07-01). "Home Depot co-founder plans to give away most of his billions" . Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2022-11-16 .
^ Nussbaum-Cohen, Debra (2019-12-20). "Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus on sunsetting his foundation" . Jewish Insider . Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-11-16 .
^ "Thomas Secunda" . Forbes . Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2021-12-29 .
^ "Charles Zegar" . Forbes Profile . 23 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 .
^ Kolodny, Lora (2017-11-22). "Uber and Infosys co-founders are latest billionaires to join The Giving Pledge" . CNBC . Archived from the original on 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2017-12-16 .
^ "Ted Turner" . Forbes Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 .
^ "James Stowers, U.S." Forbes . Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2021-12-29 .
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^ "Sandy Weill" . Forbes Profile . 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 .
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