Technology Entrepreneurs and Charitable Giving
December 1, 2011
Many of the nation’s wealthiest Americans earned their money by starting or running technology companies. Here’s a sampling of what they have publicly committed to charity since 1999:
| Company | Estimated Net Worth in 2011 | Donations and Pledges | |
| Bill Gates | Microsoft | $59-billion | $28-billion |
| Jeff Bezos | Amazon.com | $19.1-billion | $20-million |
| Mark Zuckerberg | $17.5-billion | $100-million | |
| Sergey Brin | $16.7-billion | $1-million | |
| Pierre Omidyar | eBay | $6.2-billion | $765.2-million |
| Marc Benioff | SalesForce.com | $1.9-billion | $101-million |
| Jerry Yang | Yahoo | $1.1-billion | $75-million |
Note: Net-worth figures are from Forbes magazine’s most recent ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
