George Lucas Will Donate Billions From Disney Deal: Most Generous Celebrity?
SLIDESHOW: Most Generous Celebrity?
Warren Buffett
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George Lucas
George Lucas has made it clear that he wants to devote the rest of his life to philanthropy — and he’s taking the $4 billion from the "Star Wars" sale with him!
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Bill Gates
Bill Gates, one of the few businessmen famous enough to qualify as a celebrity, had contributed over $28 billion to charity by 2007. He and his wife Melinda plan to eventually donate 95% of their wealth.
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Warren Buffett
Despite being an incredibly wealthy — he’s currently worth $46 billion — investor, Warren Buffett lives in a modest house and has pledged to give 99% of his wealth to charity.
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Ted Turner
In 1998 media mogul Ted Turner pledged to donate $1 billion to U.N.-related causes. So far he’s reached $841 million: keep going, Ted!
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Jami Gertz
The “Sixteen Candles” and “The Lost Boys” actress was the biggest “celebrity donor” of 2011, with contributions of $10,569,002.
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Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert, one of the most successful band leaders ever, and the only musician to top the "Billboard" chart as a singer and an instrumentalist, donated $9,104,829 through his Herb Alpert Foundation last year.
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Justin Timberlake
According to a 2010 survey by The Daily Beast, Justin's annual impact for his chosen cause — Shriners Hospital for Children — was $9,262,381.
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Madonna
In the same Daily Beast survey, Madonna came in second, raising $5,540,068 for her Raising Malawi charity foundation.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lucas plans to put the money into a foundation that focuses on educational issues, a cause close to his heart. A spokesperson said that “George Lucas has expressed his intention, in the event the deal closes, to donate the majority of the proceeds to his philanthropic endeavors.”
Top Opinion
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twhiting9275 2012/11/02 18:20:45
2. Warren Buffett
3. Ted Turner
I am happy you posted this because most of us don`t ever realize how much the rich folks give out, it shows they care and aren`t as greedy as I used to think.
Warren Buffett (Total Donations: $40,780,000,000);
Bill & Melinda Gates ( Total Donations: $28,144,000,000);
Gordon and Betty Moore (Total Donations: $7,404,000,000);
George Soros (Total Donations: $6,401,000,000);
George Kaiser (Total Donations: $2, 522,000,000);
Ted Turner (Total Donations: $1,500,000,000)
The amounts are staggering! I doubt that any "celebrity" has matched these.
Whatever the amounts, however, they are fantastic.
For shame, Obama, for shame!
Because Bush never existed...
"Although Bill Gates might try to say that the Foundation is not linked to his business, all it proves is the opposite: most of their donations end up favoring the commercial investments of the tycoon, not really “donating” anything, but instead of paying taxes to the state coffers, he invests his profits in where it is favorable to him economically, including propaganda from their supposed good intentions. On the contrary, their “donations” finance projects as destructive as geoengineering or replacement of natural community medicines for high-tech patented medicines in the poorest areas of the world. What a coincidence, former Secretary of Health Julio Frenk and Ernesto Zedillo are advisers of the Foundation".
http://www.disinfo.com/2011/0...
http://beforeitsnews.com/alte...
http://www.qwmagazine.com/201...
Gates didn't restrict his donation to beneficiaries outside the U.S. and he had given REAL money. To this date I've no idea if Turner ever made good on his promise of FUTURE giving. Turner deserves his title of Mouth of the South.
I am glad that there are wealthy people out there who see their wealth as a way to make the world a better place, though.
If I stole a lot of money I might be super generous, after all it's actually someone else's money.
Keep searchuing there is a a photo of Bill Gates in attendance.
As for the Crips, if they had a membership list, what makes you think the bulk of the members could read it?