Billionaires
Notable Billionaire Donations In 2021 Here are some of the sizeable publicly-disclosed monetary donations by charitable billionaires in 2021. Net worths are as of October 17, 2021.
Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey
Net worth: $13.9 billion Source of wealth: Twitter, Square Citizenship: U.S.
In March 2021, Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey sold his first-ever tweet as a non-fungible token for $2.9 billion, which he donated to charity. The tweet from 2006 read, “just setting up my twttr.” The money from the NFT sale was donated to GiveDirectly, an organization that sends cash to low-income families impacted by the pandemic. In April 2020, Dorsey promised to give away $1 billion of his Square stock, which represented 28% of his net worth at that time, to COVID-19 relief and other causes, via gifts of his Square stock.
Warren Buffett Net worth: $103.1 billion Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway Citizenship: U.S.
Serial philanthropist Warren Buffett donated $4.1 billion in June 2021, in a commitment that marked the halfway point of his pledge to give away more F O R B E S M I D D L E E A S T.C O M
than 99% of his fortune to charitable institutions. One and half decades ago, when the legendary investor held about 474,998 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stocks, he committed to giving away all his shares to charity during his lifetime. Buffett now holds just 238,624 shares valued at around $100 billion. So
far, he has given away $41 billion, representing his 16 annual contributions to five charitable trusts: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Susan A. Buffett Foundation, and the NoVo Foundation.
MacKenzie Scott Net worth: $57.3 billion Source of wealth: Amazon Citizenship: U.S.
Author and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, announced in June 2021 that she was donating a total of $2.7 billion to 286 American organizations. According to her Medium NOVEMBER 2021
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