Mark Zuckerberg promised to donate 50 percent of his wealth

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There are many successful entrepreneurs in the world of high social minded. The proof is The Giving Pledge programs that recruit the millionaires in the U.S. to commit to donate half his wealth for social or philanthropic activities. Getting richer, the greater the contribution.

This program was initiated by squillionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. Most recently, there are 17 people squillionaires United States (U.S.), which states are willing to donate at least half his fortune to philanthropy.

Among the good-hearted rich man, there is the name of facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. In addition, AOL founder Steve Case, Yahoo investor Carl Icahn, and a former Wall Street trader, Michael Milken. The total general, till now there are 57 people who participated squillionaires joined The Giving Pledge program.

“Many people wait until the end of his career to give. But why have to wait if a lot of things that must soon do we do now,” Zuckerberg said when deciding to join in this community.

Through this program, Bill Gates and Buffet invites the superrich people to donate at least half their wealth to philanthropy. The Giving Pledge did not receive the money and do not give advice how to donate their funds. However, they asked the squillionaires it makes a moral commitment and ability to publish them in a letter.

In 2009, according to Giving USA report created a center for philanthropy at Indiana University, the U.S. squillionaires has donated more funds of 227 billion U.S. dollars. This figure is only down 0.4 percent compared to the year 2009. Buffett himself, in 2006, has said it will donate 99 percent of his fortune through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Meanwhile, Bill and Melinda Gates himself has so far donated more than 28 billion U.S. dollars. A complete list of squillionaires generous it could be listened to in www.thegivingpledge.org

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