February 10, 2014 | Read Time: 1 minute
Amount donated in 2013: $101-million
Beneficiary: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Background: Mr. Koch is executive vice president of Koch Industries, an industrial conglomerate founded by his father, Fred Koch.
After 25 years as a member of the hospital’s Board of Trustees, Mr. Koch pledged $100-million to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for a new building that will house an outpatient care center. The facility will be named for Mr. Koch, who said he plans to pay $10-million a year for a decade to fulfill his pledge.
Mr. Koch also gave the hospital $1-million to support research on prostate cancer, a disease he has battled for many years.
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