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The tech industry generates a lot of money for its leaders. But a lot of those leaders do give back to society.
According to a new list by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a D.C.-based newspaper that covers charities and nonprofits, tech entrepreneurs donated a total of $4.6 billion last year, accounting for nearly half of the $9.8 billion donated by the top 50 givers in America.
Here are the 12 tech entrepreneurs who made the list.
#12 Irwin Jacobs, donated $101.6 million
Title: Cofounder of Qualcomm
Net worth: $1.8 billion
Age: 81
Total amount donated in 2014: $101.6 million
Top beneficiaries: Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego; Jacobs Medical Center at the University of California at San Diego; High Tech High Foundation
#11 John Morgridge, $102 million
Title: Chairman Emeritus of Cisco (former CEO)
Net worth: $1.2 billion
Age: 81
Total amount donated in 2014: $102 million
Top beneficiaries: University of Wisconsin at Madison; the Wisconsin Technology Initiative for programs in Wisconsin public elementary, middle, and high schools; other education, environmental, and human-services groups
#10 Steve Ballmer, $110 million
Title: Owner of LA Clippers (former Microsoft CEO)
Net worth: $21 billion
Age: 58
Total amount donated in 2014: $110 million
Top beneficiaries: Harvard University; University of Oregon
#9 Marc Benioff, $154 million
Title: Salesforce founder and CEO
Net worth: $3.2 billion
Age: 50
Total amount donated in 2014: $154 million
Top beneficiaries: University of California at San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital; California Endowment for legal representation, trauma counseling, and other services for unaccompanied children in California who have emigrated from Central American countries
#8 Larry Page, $177.3 million
Title: Google cofounder and CEO
Net worth: $29.3 billion
Age: 41
Total amount donated in 2014: $177.3 million
Top beneficiaries: Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation
#7 Pierre Omidyar, $180 million
Title: Founder and chairman of eBay; founder of First Look Media
Net worth: $7.8 billion
Age: 47
Total amount donated in 2014: $180 million
Top beneficiaries: Democracy Fund; HopeLab; Humanity United; Omidyar Network; Ulupono Initiative
#6 Paul Allen, $298 million
Title: Microsoft cofounder; founder of investment firm Vulcan
Net worth: $17 billion
Age: 62
Total amount donated in 2014: $298 million
Top beneficiaries: Paul G. Allen Family Foundation; Allen Institute for Cell Science
#5 Sergey Brin, $382.3 million
Title: Cofounder of Google; Director of Special Projects at Google
Net worth: $28.8 billion
Age: 41
Total amount donated in 2014: $382.8 million
Top beneficiaries: Brin Wojcicki Foundation
#4 Nicholas Woodman, $500 million
Title: Founder and CEO of GoPro
Net worth: $2.4 billion
Age: 39
Total amount donated in 2014: $500 million
Top beneficiaries: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
#3 Sean Parker, $550 million
Title: Cofounder of Napster; former president of Facebook
Net worth: $2.9 billion
Age: 35
Total amount donated in 2014: $550 million
Top beneficiaries: Sean N. Parker Foundation; Sean Parker Foundation Donor Advised Fund at Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
#2 Jan Koum, $556 million
Title: Cofounder of WhatsApp
Net worth: $7.1 billion
Age: 38
Total amount donated in 2014: $556 million
Top beneficiaries: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
#1 Bill Gates, $1.5 billion
Title: Cofounder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Cofounder and ex-CEO of Microsoft
Net worth: $78.7 billion
Age: 59
Total amount donated in 2014: $1.5 billion
Top beneficiaries: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
What about Mark Zuckerberg?
The Facebook founder and CEO has donated a lot to charity — in 2013, he was number one on this list with $992 million, and earlier in 2015 he donated $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital, which will be renamed after him. But he did not make the 2014 top 50 list.
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