Billionaires who have taken the Giving Pledge
Clockwise from upper right: Investment guru Warren Buffett, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, CNN founder Ted Turner, Hollywood director George Lucas, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Credit: Getty Images
Forty billionaires or couples have pledged to give more than half their wealth to charity. In addition to Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, other donors are:
Laura and John Arnold
Eli and Edythe Broad
Michele Chan and Patrick Soon-Shiong
Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg
Ann and John Doerr
Barron Hilton
Jon and Karen Huntsman
Joan and Irwin Jacobs
George B. Kaiser
Elaine and Ken Langone
Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest
Lorry I. Lokey
Alfred E. Mann
Bernie and Billi Marcus
Thomas S. Monaghan
Tashia and John Morgridge
Pierre and Pam Omidyar
Bernard and Barbro Osher
Julian H. Robertson, Jr.
Herb and Marion Sandler
Vicki and Roger Sant
Jim and Marilyn Simons
Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor
Jim and Virginia Stowers
Sanford and Joan Weill
Shelby White
The donors hail from 13 states and the District of Columbia. New York and California had the most donors. For more on the initiative, see givingpledge.org
'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.
'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.
