Interesting that the names I recognize are on the more liberal end of the billionaire spectrum.
Juls7243 on
Such a useless list as its related to CURRENT net worth. If you were worth 1B and donate down to 10 M, you’d have donated 100x (10,000%)!.
Like a person who donated 1 M and is now utterly broke would be at infinity.
Nerdicyde on
ELon is NEVER on any of these lists…. unless it’s political donations. then he’s an open tap.
Tommyblockhead20 on
Thank you for listening to feedback, I think this list is much more insightful!
TheDudeAbidesFarOut on
Oh look. None of the current assholes…
None surprised.
Riptide360 on
Hate how MAGA villifies Soros for giving money away.
DavyJonesCousinsDog on
Sure, but have you considered that Soros is Jewish and therefore more dogwhistle than man?
siorge on
Thanks for following up on our requests, I appreciate it 🙂
KTVSUN on
I love how all the pos at apple are never there. Makes me hate that pos brand even more.
Caudillo_Sven on
Does this include political donations?
CaptainAsshat on
Expecting or praising billionaires for donating to philanthropy is counterproductive.
If the philanthropic actions are worth doing, then we generally can pay for it with taxes, otherwise we are just handing critical support systems over to the whims of wealthy individuals, and in doing so, losing control.
Often, we tax things that are a burden on society so to disincentive them. In our current system, when we only expect “decent” billionaires give to charitable causes and support our society, we are basically incentivising the wealthy to learn to live with the congintive dissonance of being bastards… after all, it’s a lot cheaper.
solid_reign on
I’d add the donations to the net worth. Someone like Bill gates who donated billions of dollars will be “punished” for having donated too much.Â
xenata on
Makes sense why Reich wingers hate Soros so much now.
MyAltPoetryAccount on
Is George Soros a good person? I know literally nothing about him only when people do crazy conspiracy theoriest jokes and mention his name
SDRLS on
Mackenzie Scott should really say Jeff Bezos. We all know who’s money that really was.
After_Lie_807 on
It’s trendy to vilify Jewish people these days but 40% of this list including the top 2 are Jewish philanthropists…
Rehypothecator on
Good indication that taxing the rich is important
onenitemareatatime on
If you want to know who is making your political agenda, that top line is all you need to know.
Funding political campaigns isn’t really in the spirit of “Donating” imo.
greyforyou on
Soros at 320%: He currently has around $9 billion net worth; he donated $32B to OSF (his charitable organization). George Soros transferred primary control of OSF to his son, Alexander in 2023. OSF currently has assets worth $23B.
SpeakMySecretName on
Conveniently leaves out the original that had the average % of people listed above most of the billionaires. They donate less of their resources than most people.
ChazRhineholdt on
So giving money to your own foundation that your children sit on the board of is considered philanthropy?
seedless0 on
The world doesn’t need any billionaire.
DareBrennigan on
Donating? Or buying influence? Sometimes tough to separate the two.
myUsernameWasTakem on
You should probably mention it’s only American in the title
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Interesting that the names I recognize are on the more liberal end of the billionaire spectrum.
Such a useless list as its related to CURRENT net worth. If you were worth 1B and donate down to 10 M, you’d have donated 100x (10,000%)!.
Like a person who donated 1 M and is now utterly broke would be at infinity.
ELon is NEVER on any of these lists…. unless it’s political donations. then he’s an open tap.
Thank you for listening to feedback, I think this list is much more insightful!
Oh look. None of the current assholes…
None surprised.
Hate how MAGA villifies Soros for giving money away.
Sure, but have you considered that Soros is Jewish and therefore more dogwhistle than man?
Thanks for following up on our requests, I appreciate it 🙂
I love how all the pos at apple are never there. Makes me hate that pos brand even more.
Does this include political donations?
Expecting or praising billionaires for donating to philanthropy is counterproductive.
If the philanthropic actions are worth doing, then we generally can pay for it with taxes, otherwise we are just handing critical support systems over to the whims of wealthy individuals, and in doing so, losing control.
Often, we tax things that are a burden on society so to disincentive them. In our current system, when we only expect “decent” billionaires give to charitable causes and support our society, we are basically incentivising the wealthy to learn to live with the congintive dissonance of being bastards… after all, it’s a lot cheaper.
I’d add the donations to the net worth. Someone like Bill gates who donated billions of dollars will be “punished” for having donated too much.Â
Makes sense why Reich wingers hate Soros so much now.
Is George Soros a good person? I know literally nothing about him only when people do crazy conspiracy theoriest jokes and mention his name
Mackenzie Scott should really say Jeff Bezos. We all know who’s money that really was.
It’s trendy to vilify Jewish people these days but 40% of this list including the top 2 are Jewish philanthropists…
Good indication that taxing the rich is important
If you want to know who is making your political agenda, that top line is all you need to know.
Funding political campaigns isn’t really in the spirit of “Donating” imo.
Soros at 320%: He currently has around $9 billion net worth; he donated $32B to OSF (his charitable organization). George Soros transferred primary control of OSF to his son, Alexander in 2023. OSF currently has assets worth $23B.
Conveniently leaves out the original that had the average % of people listed above most of the billionaires. They donate less of their resources than most people.
So giving money to your own foundation that your children sit on the board of is considered philanthropy?
The world doesn’t need any billionaire.
Donating? Or buying influence? Sometimes tough to separate the two.
You should probably mention it’s only American in the title