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Super-rich Americans who have given away the most money

Mega-philanthropists who have given away billions
30. Julian Robertson, total lifetime giving: $1.1 billion
29. Michael Dell, total lifetime giving: $1.1 billion+
28. David Koch, total lifetime giving: $1.2 billion
Joint 26. Ted Turner, total lifetime giving: $1.3 billion+
Joint 26. Herbert and Marion Sandler, total lifetime giving: $1.3 billion+
25. John and Laura Arnold, total lifetime giving: at least $1.7 billion+
24. Jon Huntsman Sr., total lifetime giving: $1.8 billion+
23. Pierre Omidyar: $1.9 billion+
22. James Stowers, total lifetime giving: almost $2 billion
21. Paul Allen, total lifetime giving: $2.3 billion+
20. Jim Simons, total lifetime giving: $2.7 billion
19. Phil Knight, total lifetime giving: $3 billion+
18. J. Paul Getty, total lifetime giving: $3.2 billion
17. Eli Broad, total lifetime giving: $4 billion
16. George Kaiser, total lifetime giving: $4 billion+
15. James LeVoy Sorenson, total lifetime giving: $4.5 billion
14. Barron Hilton, total lifetime giving: $4.6 billion
13. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, total lifetime giving: $5.7 billion
12. Gordon Moore, total lifetime giving: $6.3 billion
11. Leona Helmsley, total lifetime giving: up to $8 billion
10. MacKenzie Scott, total lifetime giving: $8.6 billion
Joint 8. Chuck Feeney, total lifetime giving: $9 billion
Joint 8. Andrew Carnegie, total lifetime giving: $9 billion
7. John D. Rockefeller, total lifetime giving: $9.7 billion
6. Howard Hughes, total lifetime giving: $12.5 billion
5. Michael Bloomberg, total lifetime giving: estimated $13.4 billion
4. Helen Walton, total lifetime giving: $16.4 billion
3. George Soros, total lifetime giving: $32.6 billion
2. Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates, total lifetime giving: $50 billion+
1. Warren Buffett, total lifetime giving: $55.9 billion
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Mega-philanthropists who have given away billions

The USA is one generous nation. Americans donated a record $471 billion (£327bn) to good causes in 2020, according to the Giving USA Foundation, perhaps unsurprisingly in a year defined by COVID-19 and racial justice efforts. And some of the nation's richest gave away billions, propelling themselves onto the list of the most deep-pocketed Americans in history. Click or scroll through the billionaire Americans who have given away the most money over the years.

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Daniel Coughlin

18 June 2021

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