The Giving Pledge
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Philanthropic organization

 Net worth: $1,200,000,000

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  • The Giving Pledge is a major philanthropic campaign
  • It encourage extremely wealthy people to contribute a majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes
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The Giving Pledge Net worth 2024 (estimated)


How much is The Giving Pledge worth?$1,200,000,000



What is The Giving Pledge? / Facts   


  • Goal - The organization's stated goal is to inspire the wealthy people of the world to give at least half of their net worth to philanthropy, either during their lifetime or upon their death.
    The pledge is a public gesture of an intention to give, not a legal contract.
    On The Giving Pledge's website, each individual or couple writes a letter explaining why they chose to give.
  • Founding - In June 2010, the Giving Pledge campaign was formally announced and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett began recruiting members.
  • History - As of August 2010, the aggregate wealth of the first 40 pledgers was $125 billion.
    As of April 2011, 69 billionaires had joined the campaign and given a pledge, and by the following year, The Huffington Post reported that a total of 81 billionaires had pledged.
    By May 2017, 158 individuals and/or couples were listed as pledgers.
  • Current status - As of August 2020, the pledge has 210 signatories from 23 countries.
    Most of the signatories of the pledge are billionaires, and their pledges total $1.2 trillion.
  • Members - Among the 210 current members are: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Musallam Bin Ham Al-Ameri, Steve Bing, Richard Branson, Brian Chesky, Diane von Furstenberg, Judy Faulkner, Chuck Feeney, George Lucas, Richard Edwin Marriott, Elon Musk, Dean Metropoulos, Arif Naqvi, Gensheng Niu, Vladimir Potanin, Mark Zuckerberg, Sir Ian Wood, Lynn Schusterman, David M. Rubenstein and others.

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