In 2009, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates started the Giving Pledgefor charitable donations. Recently, nine billionaires have signed on to theGiving Pledge promising to donate half of their wealth to charity after death. Thefirst female billionaire to sign on to the Giving Pledge is Sara Blakely.Blakely is the founder of Spanx Inc. Her hope in signing on to the GivingPledge is to empower women. Other signatories who have signed on include MarkZuckerberg, George Lucas, and Michael Bloomberg.
See HuffPost Live Highlights, Spanx Founder Is First Women Billionaire To Join Giving Pledge, On.Aol.Com, May. 2013.
Special thanks to David S. Luber (Attorney at law, Florida Probate Attorney Wills and Estates Law Firm) for bringing this article to my attention.
