40 Billionaires Pledge Half Their Wealth to Charity

I previously blogged about Warren Buffet’s and Bill Gates’ campaign called “The Giving Pledge.”  At that time, they had four billionaires pledge to give away half of their fortune upon their death.  Now there are 40.  Here’s the list: 

• Paul G. Allen
• Laura and John Arnold
• Michael Bloomberg
• Eli and Edythe Broad
• Warren Buffett
• Michele Chan and Patrick Soon-Shiong
• Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg
• Ann and John Doerr
• Larry Ellison
• Bill and Melinda Gates
• Barron Hilton
• Jon and Karen Huntsman
• Joan and Irwin Jacobs
• George B. Kaiser
• Elaine and Ken Langone
• Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest
• Lorry I. Lokey
• George Lucas
• Alfred E. Mann
• Bernie and Billi Marcus
• Thomas S. Monaghan
• Tashia and John Morgridge
• Pierre and Pam Omidyar
• Bernard and Barbro Osher
• Ronald O. Perelman
• Peter G. Peterson
• T. Boone Pickens
• Julian H. Robertson, Jr.
• David Rockefeller
• David M. Rubenstein
• Herb and Marion Sandler
• Vicki and Roger Sant
• Walter Scott, Jr.
• Jim and Marilyn Simons
• Jeff Skoll
• Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor
• Jim and Virginia Stowers
• Ted Turner
• Sanford and Joan Weill
• Shelby White

See Doug Stanglin, 40 Billionaires Pledge to Give at Least Half Their Fortunes to Charity, USA Today, Aug. 4, 2010.

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this to my attention.