Amount donated in 2013: $151-million
Beneficiary: Stanford University
Background: Mr. Arrillaga co-founded Peery Arrillaga, a real-estate development firm in Palo Alto, Calif.
Mr. Arrillaga, 76, gave $151-million to Stanford University, his alma mater. The money will go toward “a variety of university projects,” according to Stanford officials. The donor earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from the university in 1960 and gave Stanford $100-million in 2006.
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